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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
Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:

Ellis, Erik

Abstract:

This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...

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Dissertation
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