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The marine biological station of San Diego : its development as related to the ideas and ideals of William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944)

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Alexander, Gail Marie

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A number of historians of science have been involved in studying the nature of biology at the turn of the century, and the picture that they have developed describes biology during this time as a field struggling to define itself. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, biologists were...

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Masters Thesis

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like to thank Calvin Mordy, who very often was my source of inspiration. To my parents and my brother
Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

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Read, Richard Thomas

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In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...

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Masters Thesis

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Gates, Empire of the Columbia, p. 315. 23Leroy R. Hafen, W. Eugene Hollon, and Carl C. Rister, Western
John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

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Lester, Jacob Franklin

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Modern science was produced by a Christian society, and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line was drawn and...

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Dissertation

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European level. Hazard 8See Oliver W. Larkin, Samuel F. B. Morse and American Democratic Art (Boston