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Experience proves that very often the outcome of human activity does not fit the expectations. Very rarely, however, does the wrong result turn into something positive. Nevertheless, this is what happened in the case of a Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 -- 1601). This most eminent critic of Copernicus' heliocentric theory (and author of a rivaling system) unwillingly contributed to its victory. Namely, his very precise observations of the position of planets - peformed with a precision of 1' at a time when telescopes were still unknown - enabled his student, Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630), to formulate the well-known laws of the motion of planets which remain a permanent contribution to modern astronomy.

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Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences: Contents
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Assyro-Babylonian Mythology: The Astronomy of Babylon The astronomy of Babylon as it relates to the Babylonian Gods of worship.
The Babylonian astronomers used a set of 30 stars as references forcelestial position, and their astronomical diaries detailed the locationsof the moon and planets with respect to the stars. Reports of bad weatheror unusual atmospheric phenomena - like rainbows and haloes - found theirway into the diaries, too. Finally, various events of local importance(fires, thefts, and conquests), the amount of rise or fall in the riverat Babylon, and the quantity of various commodities that could be purchasedfor one silver shekel filled out the diligent astronomer's report.

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The Artificial Life journal (published by MIT Press) is now the official organ of ISAL, and ISAL members all receive subscriptions to the ALife journal. ISAL plans to publish a members newsletter and a members directory.

In this article, I assess the recent manner in which feminist ideas have contributed to Western physics. This assessment is complicated, for there exists a strong tension between differently aimed critiques of the field. Among practitioners, there is an inclination to distinguish sharply between issues of "physics" and issues of "physicists."

The Scientific Instrument Society (SIS) was formed in April 1983 to bring together people with a specialist interest in scientific instruments, ranging from precious antiques to electronic devices only recently out of production.

The Society is affiliated to AVISTA in the United States and to the Association de Villard de Honnecourt in France, and is associated with the International Medieval Congress held annually at Leeds, where it hopes to develop an increased presence through regularly organised sessions on medieval technology and science.