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1. DRSA Deep River Campus
www.drsa.ca/deepriver%20campus - [Cached]Published on: 1/1/2004 Last Visited: 6/28/2008
Missing Links in Scientific Knowledge: Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Aspects of Science, Dr. Richard Cassidy, Thursday, 2004 July 22, @ 6:30 p.m.DRSA Deep River Campus
DRSA - Deep River Campus 2004
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Dr. Richard Cassidy
The Deep River Science Academy and the Chalk River Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society are pleased to welcome Dr. Richard Cassidy, who will speak on the Missing Links in Scientific Knowledge - Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Aspects of Science.
Most scientists would claim that they have a good understanding of the nature of science - its mechanisms, logic, goals and significance.We often justify this stance by reference to our extensive and broad-based science education, and by our experience working as a scientist, which, while usually narrow in focus, is more practical.However, our postsecondary science education rarely provides us with historical, philosophical, or sociological perspectives, other than side-boxes in textbooks that offer glimpses of famous scientists or important applications of scientific developments/theories.Dr. Cassidy observes that science is harming both itself and society by its failure to promote knowledge in these broader aspects of science.In this presentation, Dr. Cassidy will attempt to show how most scientists misconstrue the nature of science, and why this is important if scientists are to effectively interact with our increasingly complex society.To do this, he will look at some aspects of the historical development of science and important views on the nature of science, and use some well-know scientists to illustrate these points.In addition, he will briefly look at some modern developments in science-societal interactions to illustrate why it is vital that science education engage and encourage students to apply broad-based critical thinking skills to an examination of their own profession.
Dr. Cassidy earned his B.Sc. degree from University of Kings College, Halifax, NS, M.Sc. degree from Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, and Ph.D. from McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at Dalhousie University before joining AECL, Chalk River, and working as a Senior Research Officer.He then went on sabbatical to the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany, and joined the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.He is currently Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.Dr. Cassidy has authored over 100 publications in the open literature and internal industrial reports in the nuclear industry, given over 30 invited presentations and seven short courses on liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, and is the co-editor of two books on ion chromatography.
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2. University of Calgary Department of Chemistry Newsletter
www.chem.ucalgary.ca/newslette - [Cached]Published on: 4/16/1999 Last Visited: 8/5/2007
Richard Cassidy of the University of Saskatchewan will be presenting a seminar entitled "What is Science?" -
3. DRSA Deep River Campus
www.drsa.ca/deepriver%20campus - [Cached]Published on: 2/22/2004 Last Visited: 10/5/2004
Dr. Richard Cassidy
The Deep River Science Academy and the Chalk River Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society are pleased to welcome Dr. Richard Cassidy, who will speak on the Missing Links in Scientific Knowledge - Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Aspects of Science.
Most scientists would claim that they have a good understanding of the nature of science - its mechanisms, logic, goals and significance.We often justify this stance by reference to our extensive and broad-based science education, and by our experience working as a scientist, which, while usually narrow in focus, is more practical.However, our postsecondary science education rarely provides us with historical, philosophical, or sociological perspectives, other than side-boxes in textbooks that offer glimpses of famous scientists or important applications of scientific developments/theories.Dr. Cassidy observes that science is harming both itself and society by its failure to promote knowledge in these broader aspects of science.In this presentation, Dr. Cassidy will attempt to show how most scientists misconstrue the nature of science, and why this is important if scientists are to effectively interact with our increasingly complex society.To do this, he will look at some aspects of the historical development of science and important views on the nature of science, and use some well-know scientists to illustrate these points.In addition, he will briefly look at some modern developments in science-societal interactions to illustrate why it is vital that science education engage and encourage students to apply broad-based critical thinking skills to an examination of their own profession.
Dr. Cassidy earned his B.Sc. degree from University of Kings College, Halifax, NS, M.Sc. degree from Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, and Ph.D. from McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at Dalhousie University before joining AECL, Chalk River, and working as a Senior Research Officer.He then went on sabbatical to the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany, and joined the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.He is currently Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.Dr. Cassidy has authored over 100 publications in the open literature and internal industrial reports in the nuclear industry, given over 30 invited presentations and seven short courses on liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, and is the co-editor of two books on ion chromatography.
Dr. Richard Cassidy
