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Filtering by: Creator Goddard, Nancy Degree Field History of Science Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:

Blanchard, Nicholas

Abstract:

By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Creator:

Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-

Abstract:

The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation