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Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

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Christensen, Terry M.

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John Archibald Wheeler (09 July 1911- ) is a familiar name to physicists and historians of physics alike. Among his many contributions to the corpus of knowledge, in 1939 John Wheeler and Niels Bohr co-authored the first paper on the generalized mechanism of nuclear fission. Beyond that seminal work, Wheeler...

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, Kevles was doubtlessly referring to The Johns Hopkins physicist Henry Augustus Rowland. See Henry
Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

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Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-

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The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...

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John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

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Christensen, Terry M.

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This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...

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, Margaret Carneiro, Janice Duff, Alex Marshall, Deborah McCarthy, Tommy Montoya, Pedro Moreno, David Reza
On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

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Stoller, Kevin R.

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William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...

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Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

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Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)

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L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....

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Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-20082
Astronomers -- United States1
Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- United States1
Dunn, L. C. (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1
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