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John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Creator:: Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-
Abstract:: John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: context AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF John Joseph Zernel for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Seasonal concentration, turnover and mode of accumulation of ³²P by the juvenile starry flounder Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) in the Columbia River Estuary

Creator:: Bolen, John Joseph
Abstract:: The seasonal concentration, turnover and mode of accumulation of ³²P by the juvenile starry flounder in Alder Slough, a small eco-system in the Columbia River Estuary, was examined during 1969 and 1970. Levels of ³²P and concentrations of total P were measured to permit computation of specific activities (nCi³²P/g total...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -SURFACE ...\ HIGH TIDE- BOTTOM --H/GH TIDE- SURFACE 1 R/VER LOW T/DE- SURFACE M I J 1 jlAIS 1969

A critical analysis of wildlife conservation in Oregon

Creator:: Rymon, Larry Maring
Abstract:: This analysis is the study of Oregon's wildlife resources from the period prior to white settlement up to the present time, including critical projections, based on present trends and expected conditions for both human and wildlife populations in the state up to the year 2010. Prior to white settlement Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: IN OREGON Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy R. J. Mc is This analysis is the study of

History and analysis of the creation research society

Creator:: Elliott, William E.
Abstract:: The resurgence of creationism the past few years has been led by advocates of recent-creationism. These individuals, a minority among creationists in general, argue that the entire universe was created approximately 10,000 years ago in one six-day period of time. Recent-creationists support their position by appealing to the Genesis account...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Report 102 (June 29, 1987). Steven J. Gould published an excellent evaluation of Justice Antonin Scalia's

Norbert Wiener and the growth of negative feedback in scientific explanation : with a proposed research program of "cybernetic analysis"

Creator:: Hellman, Walter Daniel
Abstract:: Negative feedback has become ubiquitous in science both as a technique and as a conceptual tool. As a technique, negative feedback has a long history; devices based in its use were made in antiquity. It has only been during the last century, however, that rigorous quantitiative methods have become associated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Farber, R. J. Morris, Dan Jones, and J. Brookes Spencer. As my major professor for this work, Dr

The antibiotic discovery era (1940-1960) : vancomycin as an example of the era

Creator:: McGraw, Donald J.
Abstract:: An examination of the technical and historical literature concerning the discovery and development of antibiotics suggests the possible existence of an era of discovery. This era appears to have a well-defined beginning (about 1940) and a well-defined close (about 1960). It is the purpose of this dissertation to examine the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: an example of the era AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DONALD J. McGRAW for the degree of DOCTOR OF

The development of the chlorinity-salinity concept in oceanography

Creator:: Wallace, William J.
Abstract:: This study traces the historical foundations of the concept of constant ionic proportionality and the equation (Salinity [S%₀] = 1.805 Chlorinity [Cl%₀] + 0.030) which has been in general use in oceanography since 1902 until 1969 and which is based upon this constancy, The notion that the constituents present in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -SALINITY CONCEPT IN OCEANOGRAM Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Vert J. Moris This study traces

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

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix J: Examples of Academy Printed Matter 157 Appendix K: Discussion of Three Academies of Science in

The marine biological station of San Diego : its development as related to the ideas and ideals of William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944)

Creator:: Alexander, Gail Marie
Abstract:: A number of historians of science have been involved in studying the nature of biology at the turn of the century, and the picture that they have developed describes biology during this time as a field struggling to define itself. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, biologists were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Ronald Rainger and Keith Benson, "Introduction: Were American Morphologists in Revolt?" J. Hist. Biol

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

Creator:: Hagen, Joel Bartholemew
Abstract:: During the years between 1930 and 1950 a number of attempts were made to introduce techniques and ideas from cytology, ecology, and genetics into the field of taxonomy. Advocates of this "experimental taxonomy" believed that cytological, ecological, and genetic techniques would provide a rigorous, objective methodology to replace the traditional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Keith R. Benson, "Problems of Indvidual Develop- ment: Descriptive Embryological Development at the Turn

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John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Seasonal concentration, turnover and mode of accumulation of ³²P by the juvenile starry flounder Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) in the Columbia River Estuary

A critical analysis of wildlife conservation in Oregon

History and analysis of the creation research society

Norbert Wiener and the growth of negative feedback in scientific explanation : with a proposed research program of "cybernetic analysis"

The antibiotic discovery era (1940-1960) : vancomycin as an example of the era

The development of the chlorinity-salinity concept in oceanography

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

The marine biological station of San Diego : its development as related to the ideas and ideals of William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944)

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

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