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  • Forms of Life: Goethe’s Impact on Twentieth-Century Anglophone Botany and Morphology

    Creator:
    Hahn, Andre M.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation examines the impact of the German naturalist and literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ideas on twentieth century Anglophone plant morphology and biology. Goethe interpreted the organ forms of flowering plants as metamorphoses of each other. His literary, historical, and philosophical writings suggest themes of alienation from and...
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    Michael Hahn for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of Science presented on August 6, 2018

  • Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

    Creator:
    Richards, Linda Marie
    Abstract:
    The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Linda Marie Richards for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of