Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Has journal ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology Remove constraint Has journal: ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Master of Arts (M.A.)

Search Results

  • Morality and materialism : American conservatives and science, 1945-1964

    Creator:
    Schefke, Brian R.
    Abstract:
    Following World War II, the United States enjoyed unprecedented power and prestige. The wartime alliance with the Soviet Union quickly collapsed amid mutual suspicion and fear, however, resulting in the Cold War. Science was a significant political component in that ideological conflict. In the United States, inspired by Franklin D....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    military priorities and science at elite universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Whitman and technology: a modern romance

    Creator:
    Turner, David N.
    Abstract:
    Walt Whitman looked to the natural world, which he considered an original example of divine creation, for insights into the methods and patterns of the Creative Force; the poet then intuited connections between these divine natural patterns and human existence and spirituality. Convinced of the divinity of the human body,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Romantic poets, for what technology and science could tell us of organic nature and thus the patterns of

  • Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Oney, Celia E.
    Abstract:
    People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis

  • The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

    Creator:
    Swanner, Leandra
    Abstract:
    This study examines the interactions between the scientific communities of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the discovery of the tau lepton by physicist Martin Perl between 1973- 1977. Perl became interested in searching for heavy leptons through positron-electron collision experiments using the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    1.5.6 Big Science at LBL and SLAC ……………………… 33 2 The Sociology of the Laboratory: Collaboration and

  • 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:
    of Science program who have been nothing but kind and supportive since I first walked through the

  • Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

    Creator:
    Zimmerman, Katharine
    Abstract:
    The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, truly a synthesized work of natural history, coincided with the emergence of specialized disciplines in the 19th century. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between the specialization of knowledge, in the form of disciplinization, and the reception of new...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Science on November 7, 2006 Title: Disciplining the Reception of Darwin: the Botanical and Sociological

  • Plague in London : a case study of the biological and social pressures exerted by 300 years of yersinia pestis

    Creator:
    Hall, Alice
    Abstract:
    The Second Pandemic had a profound impact on the people of Europe. In the few years between 1347 and 1350, a new epidemic disease spread across the entirety of Europe and killed between one third and two thirds of the population. While this initial wave was important, the real significance...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Mayer, "The Reception of a Journal of the Plague Year and the Nexus of Fiction and History in the Novel

  • Observations on the purchase, inspection, and preparation of vegetables for group feeding at certain army air bases

    Creator:
    McIntyre, Ethel Mae
    Abstract:
    Since vegetables are of such importance in the nutrition of human beings, it is natural that they should play a large part in Army feeding. They are high in food value. The different kinds vary widely in their energy values; some-- like potatoes--are high in carbohydrates, others--like lettuce and cucumbers--...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Technology. for his assistance and interest in the development of this study. The writer also wishes to

  • "It Brings You into the Fold": Understanding Patients' Experiences of Mobile Health Technologies

    Creator:
    Lee, Jenney R.
    Abstract:
    Chronic disease is costly to treat and burdensome for those living with its impacts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), 117 million Americans currently live with chronic disease, and one in four adults live with two or more chronic diseases. The burden placed on the U.S....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    has primarily been the domain of clinical, and science and technology studies research (Ahlin

  • Meeting the Night : The Science and Mystery of an Endangered Habitat

    Creator:
    Sisson, Jill
    Abstract:
    Night is an extraordinary resource. Unlike air, water, or soil, nighttime is a spatio-temporal phenomenon, which leads to many crucial roles. It provides refuge to wildlife species, triggers hormonal and behavioral responses among a wide variety of organisms, and serves as an essential migratory backdrop for species that navigate by...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
    Date Created:
    Full Text:
    copy.docx Meeting the Night: The Science and Mystery of an Endangered Habitat By Jill Sisson