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<big><small>Dear Moises, Ken, and FIS colleagues,<br>
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it is nice returning to the main discussion topic. First, I would like
to reply about your point on the presence of women in FIS. Well, some
of them have been involved almost from the very beginning. I will give
some names: Deborah Conrad (involved in fis 1994 and 1996 conferences),
Edwina Taborsky, Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic<strong> </strong>(well known
to everybody), Zhao Chuan, Beth Cardier, Raquel del Moral, Bi Lin, Lai
Ma, and some other names that I will find out during next days. It is
quite insufficient a presence, but at least I think it is pretty
significant. <br>
<br>
I also want to thank Ken for his reference about citation indexes for
science by Eugene Gardfield (Science, 1955). It is really a
classic--indeed. I was particularly moved by the inspiration that lead
him to the citation index creation. The idea came to Gardfield from the
practice of the legal profession: a citation index was running for the
interrelation of court cases in the 48 states of the US. Known as the
Sephard citation systems, it was a listing of individual American court
cases, each one with a short summary and a record of the other
decisions and sentences that had referred to the case. This legal model
is the origin, in 1955, of the archi famous SCI (Science Citation
Index)...<br>
<br>
The historical point to make is that the legal profession also had been
a strong source of inspiration for the new scientific organization
stemming out during the scientific revolution. The new experimental
practices of science were examined not any more through the lens of
"authority", but through open performances, in front of witnesses,
tribunals, and courts. The goal was to establish a public "true"
register of the new scientific facts, and finally publish them in
periodical reports and transactions imitating the ones already
developed by the legal profession.<br>
<br>
The brief reflection: it is quite interesting how communication
addressed to coordinate <i><u>legal action</u></i> was reoriented to
communicate <u><i>scientific action</i></u>. Clearly our social
information flows, let us think on what happen with firms, within
markets, etc., have but one basic goal: to coordinate the actions of
individuals. It fits with some comments I made days ago, and with a
parallel off-line discussion I was keeping with Howard about
pan-informational views... In Faustian terms: <i>Information is
related to action!</i><br>
<br>
Best--Pedro<br>
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PS. Thanks a lot to Moises and Ken, maybe we should think on having a
conclusion in the ongoing session, rather fractured with the aftermath
of the Vienna Conference.</small><br>
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Moisés André Nisenbaum wrote:
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<p>Hi, Bob</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you for presenting Ada Lovelace to the list. It
was great the link you did with previous discussions.<br>
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<p>Hi, all.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Have we ever had a discussion about why are so few women
in FIS list?</p>
<p dir="ltr">I was yesterday in a seminar that shows that it is a
general problem in Science, especially in "hard" disciplines. But there
are many women in Mathematics and Information Science fields, so I
expected more women in FIS.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This makes me remember the great speak of Neil Degrasse
Tyson (3 min) on being Black and Women in Science (<a
href="https://youtu.be/z7ihNLEDiuM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/z7ihNLEDiuM</a>).<br>
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<p>What do you think about it?<br>
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<p>All the best,</p>
-- <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Moisés André Nisenbaum<br>
Doutorando IBICT/UFRJ. Professor. Msc.<br>
Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro - IFRJ<br>
Campus Maracanã<br>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:moises.nisenbaum@ifrj.edu.br"
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