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On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: children, the boys William, Henry Jr., Garth Wilkinson, and Robertson and one daughter, the youngest child

Mormons and evolution : a history of B. H. Roberts and his attempt to reconcile science and religion

Creator:: Reid, Tim S.
Abstract:: Although much has been written describing the various reactions to the origin of Species in America, the Mormon reaction to Darwinism has been largely ignored. This dissertation will recount the history of this reaction as exemplified by the life and works of B. H. Roberts. Roberts's intellectual pursuits early in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: fledgling Brigham Young University--Ralph and William Chamberlin and Henry and Joseph Peterson--spoke

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Creator:: Ellis, D. Erik
Abstract:: The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World War II and continuing thereafter, are often overlooked in the literature on the Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and in regional histories. To historians of science, Hanford is described as an industrial facility that illustrates the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : William G. Robbins The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World

Species Extinction and Cultural Arrogance: The Perils of Ignoring History

Creator:: Robbins, William G.
Abstract:: For more than a century, politicians, newspaper editors, tate and federal fisheries managers, and their various constituencies with an interest in salmon have complained,lobbied and petitioned, sought legislative relief, and studied to near extinction the declining runs of the Pacific Northwest’s anadromous fish runs. All to no avail, of course....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: History William G. Robbins Department of History Oregon State University For more than a century

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Henry David Thoreau, in assessing and commenting on this thesis. Thoreau’s nineteenth century thoughts

In the midst of a revolution : science, fish culture, and the Oregon Game Commission, 1935-1949

Creator:: Hahn, Linda
Abstract:: This thesis will address the transformation of biological sciences during the 1930s and 1940s and it effects on fisheries science. It will focus on Oregon State College and specifically the Department of Fish and Game Management and the interaction with the Oregon Game Commission. Support for mutation theory and neo-...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . William Robbins. This thesis certainly would have suffered without their contributions and suggestions. I

Thomas Hobbes and the Duke of Newcastle: A Study in the Mutuality of Patronage before the Establishment of the Royal Society

Creator:: Sarasohn, Lisa T.
Abstract:: This study shows how patronage framed and fashioned the careers of Thomas Hobbes and his patron William Cavendish, the earl of Newcastle. Newcastle's protection allowed Hobbes to articulate heterodox ideas without immediate fear of reprisal. It also enabled him to solidify his status as a gentleman and the intellectual equal...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: William Cavendish, the earl of Newcastle. Newcastle's protection allowed Hobbes to articulate heterodox

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Creator:: Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................................................. 153 WILLIAM HUSSEY YEARS, 1905-1926, AND BEYOND .................. 156 AN ASSESSMENT OF MICHIGAN'S

Nebulous Earth: The Origin of the Solar System and the Core of the Earth from Laplace to Jeffreys (review)

Creator:: Doel, Ronald E.
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: American History (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987); William Glen, The Road to Ja

Historical Sources of Science-as-Social-Practice: Michael Polanyi's Berlin

Creator:: Nye, Mary Jo
Abstract:: Historians and sociologists of science often identify the efflorescence of social stud ies of science with the work of postwar American intellectuals such as Robert K. Merton and Thomas S. Kuhn. They often also refer to the views of Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) on the roles of tacit knowledge, apprenticeship, social...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . for making available to me before its publication the biographical manuscript that William Scott was

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On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Mormons and evolution : a history of B. H. Roberts and his attempt to reconcile science and religion

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Species Extinction and Cultural Arrogance: The Perils of Ignoring History

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

In the midst of a revolution : science, fish culture, and the Oregon Game Commission, 1935-1949

Thomas Hobbes and the Duke of Newcastle: A Study in the Mutuality of Patronage before the Establishment of the Royal Society

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Nebulous Earth: The Origin of the Solar System and the Core of the Earth from Laplace to Jeffreys (review)

Historical Sources of Science-as-Social-Practice: Michael Polanyi's Berlin

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