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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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Geison and Frederic L. Holmes, eds., Research Schools: Historical Reappraisals, Osiris, 2d ser., vol. 8

SpaceLab, an N-Body Particle-Particle Ballistic Collision Simulation Tool with Applications in Celestial Body Dynamics

Creator:: Guidos, Job
Abstract:: This thesis conveys the key technical features and scientific applications of a particle-particle ballistic simulation tool (SpaceLab) as well as a high level overview of experiments it was designed for and executed on. SpaceLab simulates spherical particle interactions under any combination of self-gravity, sliding friction, rolling friction, Van-Der-Waals (VDW) cohesion...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mission like DART[2], OSIRIS-REx[3], Hayabusa2[6], and several others, many of which are listed at

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Creator:: Ellis, D. Erik
Abstract:: The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World War II and continuing thereafter, are often overlooked in the literature on the Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and in regional histories. To historians of science, Hanford is described as an industrial facility that illustrates the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: changed in the time since World War II began." See Osiris, Science After '40, 2' Series, 1992, 7:vii- viii

Managing Complicity: Two German Doctors and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Creator:: Vaughn, Elizabeth P. C.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the origins and outcomes of Operation Paperclip, a program the U.S. government operated in the years immediately following WWII to recruit former Nazi doctors, scientists, and technicians, and capitalize on their research experience. As part of this operation, the U.S. welcomed two doctors who had conducted medical...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the United States,” Osiris 20 (2005): 206. 30 Evelyne Shuster, "The Nuremberg Code: Hippocratic

Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

Creator:: Fraas, Picabo K.
Abstract:: In 1947, scientists from the University of California departed for a fifteen-month expedition to Africa. Jessie Camp, wife of the head paleontologist Dr. Charles L. Camp, had no official position on the expedition. Yet in performing her traditional domestic duties, she greatly contributed to the overall success of the expedition....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , “Women in the History of Science: An Ambiguous Place,” Osiris 10 (1995): 44. 12 Londa L. Schiebinger

Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921

Creator:: McHugh, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: Across from the Memorial Union on Oregon State University’s campus sits Milam Hall, the former site of the Department of Home Economics. The building is named for Ava Milam Clark, the dean of home economics for thirty-three years, from 1917 to 1950. I aim to understand Ava Milam’s early career...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science: New Directions, ed. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Helen Longino (Ithaca: Osiris, 1997), 172

The light within us : Quaker women in science

Creator:: McCabe, Leslie N.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the role of Quaker women in science in an attempt to arrive at some understanding of what motivated Quaker women in nineteenth century America to go into the sciences. George Fox founded the Society of Friends in the mid-seventeenth century in England and the Quaker theology centered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: "Quaker Responses to Darwin," Osiris 16 (2001), 321-342. Also, "Why were a number of Quakers drawn to

The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

Creator:: Hahn, Andre M.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the morphology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) through several lenses. The first explores Goethe's morphology as he applied it in his botanical work and supplies an explanation of what Goethe referred to as archetypal phenomena and the archetypal plant. The scope of exploration then broadens to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : University of Chicago Press, 2002); Otto Haas, “Goethe and Evolution.” Osiris 10 (1952): 35-42; Ernst

Democratizing the Data Stream: Creating an Equitable Transfer of Research Vessel Data from Scientist to Student

Creator:: Nolan, Hannah L.
Abstract:: With the emergence of big data and the Open Data Movement, and the wide availability to the public of large databases, Data Literacy is a necessary learning goal for students. Understanding the data process in its entirety is now a vital skillset required across industry, government, and scientific disciplines. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . E. (1996). Science in the Field. Osiris, 11, 1–14. JSTOR. 15. Manyika, J., Chui, M., Brown, B

Super rockets : a case study of illicit drug use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Creator:: Al-Madani, Mohamed E.
Abstract:: An apparent consequence of the petroleum boom of the 1970s is the exposure of Saudi Arabia, a formerly closed society, to a massive onslaught of customs and values emanating primarily from western societies. The illegal use of drugs is one such phenomenon which has gained momentum and rapidly expanded. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: years ago, the Egyptians attributed wine to their god Osiris. Ancient Greeks credited the god Bucchus

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

SpaceLab, an N-Body Particle-Particle Ballistic Collision Simulation Tool with Applications in Celestial Body Dynamics

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Managing Complicity: Two German Doctors and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921

The light within us : Quaker women in science

The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

Democratizing the Data Stream: Creating an Equitable Transfer of Research Vessel Data from Scientist to Student

Super rockets : a case study of illicit drug use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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