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  • Henry Augustus Rowland and his electromagnetic researches

    Creator:
    Miller, John D. (John David)
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    This analysis concerns the life and scientific work of Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901), organizer and the first chairman of the physics department at The Johns Hopkins University in 1876. Special materials used in this research included three pieces of Rowland's experimental apparatus which are extant in the Smithsonian Institution Division...
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    the value of the magnetic studies and had them published abroad. Later in 1875 Daniel Coit Gilman

  • William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

    Creator:
    Benson, Keith Rodney
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    The major historical studies that have examined American biology have emphasized the development of experimental biology at the end of the nineteenth century. In this characterization, the descriptive branch of biology has often been treated as less than important and, in several cases, as a hindrance in the application of...
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    I received at several libraries. I would like to express my thanks to M. C. Beecheno in the

  • Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

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    Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
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    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...
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    .......................................................................................................... 250 C. A. YOUNG, PRINCETON'S RESEARCH PROFESSOR, 1877- 1905

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

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    Christensen, Terry M.
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    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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    …………… 343 Appendix C: Physics Dissertations at Princeton, 1938-1978… 382 Appendix D