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Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:

Blanchard, Nicholas

Abstract:

By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...

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Dissertation
John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Creator:

Lester, Jacob Franklin

Abstract:

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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the idea of the age." 31 Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), the English naturalist and co-discoverer
The antibiotic discovery era (1940-1960) : vancomycin as an example of the era

Creator:

McGraw, Donald J.

Abstract:

An examination of the technical and historical literature concerning the discovery and development of antibiotics suggests the possible existence of an era of discovery. This era appears to have a well-defined beginning (about 1940) and a well-defined close (about 1960). It is the purpose of this dissertation to examine the...

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Dissertation