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Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Creator:

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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operations. Although Seattle became part of the Northern Pacific line in 1887, Portland controlled much of
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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House of Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter; Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden; Herman Melville wrote