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  • John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

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    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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    Virginia Dugger, Erik Ellis and Kristen Johnson, Darlene Hedin, Rachel Koroloff, Tully Long, Steve

  • 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
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    Collier, Haakon Hofstad, Steve Lucker, Chuck Meitle, Ron Smith, and Michael Stewart. As with members of