Next Meeting: Friday, May 16th

-- Thomas Heffner

For our May meeting, long-time GAC member Thomas Heffner will provide discuss the life and accomplishments of Sir John Herschel, son of famed scientist Sir William Herschel. The younger Herschel formlated the Julian day system, used by astronomers to calculate the interval between two events.  His  book Preliminary Discourse (1831), is widely regarded as the first modern work on the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. In particular, Herschel advocated an inductive approach to scientific experiment and theory-building.