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The Ibis, journal of the British Ornithologists' Union : a pre-synthesis portrait

Creator:: Johnson, Kristin Renee
Abstract:: In 1959 the British Ornithological journal, The Ibis, published a centenary commemorative volume on the history of ornithology in Britain. Over the previous few decades, the contributors to this volume had helped focus the attention of ornithologists on the methods, priorities, and problems of modem biology, specifically the theory ofevolution...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ornithological journal, The Ibis, published a centenary commemorative volume on the history of ornithology in

Trends in college news : a comparative study of Oregon State College news in the Oregonian and Oregon Journal for a 15-year period

Creator:: Shideler, Fred Merle
Abstract:: This study of the Oregon State college news appearing in the Oregonian and Oregon Journal in Portland at five-year intervals over a 15-year period was undertaken primarily to attempt to determine, if possible, trends in college news; to indicate the emphasis on different types of college news; to determine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

Creator:: Johnson, Kristin Renee
Abstract:: Karl Jordan (1861-1959) was an extraordinarily productive entomologist who influenced the development of systematics, entomology, and naturalists' theoretical framework as well as their practice. He has been a figure in existing accounts of the naturalist tradition between 1890 and 1940 that have defended the relative contribution of naturalists to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Centuries and Their Relationships to the Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline," Journal of

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
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Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

Creator:: Canavan, Barbara C.
Abstract:: By means of a case study and historical analysis, this dissertation examines the past and present of avian influenza. By integrating disconnected histories of human and animal influenza, this dissertation links historical insights with the concerns of contemporary avian flu science. It is not only a natural history of avian...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below

The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

Creator:: Koroloff, Rachel
Abstract:: Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 – 1755) was a successful early Russian naturalist whose professional and social destinies were linked to eighteenth-century Russia's nascent but growing naturalist tradition. During his own time Krasheninnikov bridged the gap that existed in Russia between a distinctly European scientific practice and a tradition of Russian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

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:: . McCabe A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

The determinants of library prices of biology journals : an econometric analysis

Creator:: Phillips, Irina
Abstract:: Increases in the prices of scholarly journals have exceeded the general rate of inflation for the last decade and more. In the face of this "serials crisis," libraries have found it increasingly difficult to maintain essential journal collections. This thesis investigates the causes of the serials crisis in biology using...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: essential journal collections. This thesis investigates the causes of the serials crisis in biology using

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

Composing ourselves : women's use of personal journals for freedom, creativity and autobiography

Creator:: Perkins, Audrey L.
Abstract:: Scholars are ushering autobiographical writing of all kinds into the world of literary and scholarly writing: in course titles and syllabi, in academic journals and on bookshelves, autobiographical writing is flourishing. People's real stories offer insights into how people really live and view this life. They offer perspectives which necessarily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Ibis, journal of the British Ornithologists' Union : a pre-synthesis portrait

Trends in college news : a comparative study of Oregon State College news in the Oregonian and Oregon Journal for a 15-year period

Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

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

Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

The light within us : Quaker women in science

The determinants of library prices of biology journals : an econometric analysis

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Composing ourselves : women's use of personal journals for freedom, creativity and autobiography

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