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John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

Creator:

Christensen, Terry M.

Abstract:

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

Creator:

Christensen, Terry M.

Abstract:

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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Masters Thesis
It's in the blood : the varieties of Linus Pauling's work on hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia

Creator:

Gormlet, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)

Abstract:

Linus Pauling incorporated hemoglobin and a disease of the blood, sickle cell anemia, into many of his researches between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s. In the early 1930s Pauling became interested in organic chemistry and named hemoglobin as one of the first biochemical substances that he planned to analyze. In 1935...

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Masters Thesis
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-...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Linda Hahn for the degree of