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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...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
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...

Resource Type:

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

Creator:

Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)

Abstract:

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....

Resource Type:

Dissertation