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The coloration of animals : a nineteenth century controversy

Creator:: Blaisdell, Muriel Louise
Abstract:: Mimicry, obscure colors, and secondary sexual colors were important classes of observations that were analyzed by nineteenth century biologists from several vantage points. Adherents of the doctrine of special creation of fixed species believed animal colors to be evidence of design; Darwin and Wallace and their successors suggested that a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: COLORATION OF ANIMALS: A NINETEENTH CENTURY CONTROVERSY Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Paul L

John Turberville Needham (1713-1781) and eighteenth century theories of generation

Creator:: Benson, Keith Rodney
Abstract:: There were two viable theories of generation, preformation and epigenesis, existing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Due to their irreconcilable nature, they were often at loggerheads during this time interval. The status of these generation theories can be effectively understood in terms of Thomas Kuhn's conception of preparadigm science....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Paul L. Farber There were two viable theories of generation, prefor- mation and epigenesis, existing

The antibiotic discovery era (1940-1960) : vancomycin as an example of the era

Creator:: McGraw, Donald J.
Abstract:: An examination of the technical and historical literature concerning the discovery and development of antibiotics suggests the possible existence of an era of discovery. This era appears to have a well-defined beginning (about 1940) and a well-defined close (about 1960). It is the purpose of this dissertation to examine the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ): VANCOMYCIN AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ERA Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Paul L. Farber An examination

An assessment of rival British theories of biogeography, 1800-1859

Creator:: Kinch, Michael P.
Abstract:: At the beginning of the nineteenth century most theorizing British naturalists supported a Biblical account of the distribution of life which was based upon the notion that life had been dispersed from the resting place of the ark. This implied a relatively even dispersion of life about the Earth, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I sincerely wish to thank Dr. Paul L. Farber for his concern in guiding this thesis, as well as

J.H. Woodger and the emergence of supra-empirical orders of discussion in early twentieth century biology

Creator:: Allen, Marshall William
Abstract:: This investigation attempts to demonstrate that the development of the early 20th century biological enterprise involved a striving for a unifying theoretical perspective. A skeletal substantiation of this is given by an overview of early 20th century biology in which some biologists began recognizing a multiplicity of different orders of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: DISCUSSION IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOLOGY Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Paul L. Farber This

Bridging the gap : the problem of vertebrate ancestry, 1859-1875

Creator:: Beeson, Roberta Jane
Abstract:: Determination of the Vertebrate pedigree was a particularly enigmatic problem for evolutionary morphologists of the early post-Darwinian period. At that time, practically no characteristics were known by which the Vertebrates could be linked to any of the other animal groups. Up to the 1850's, most research in embryology and anatomy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: PROBLEM OF VERTEBRATE ANCESTRY, 1859-1875 Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Paul Lawrence Farber

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Creator:: Lester, Jacob Franklin
Abstract:: Modern science was produced by a Christian society, and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line was drawn and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: PRINCIPLE OF EVOLUTION Redacted for privacyAbstract Approved: Paul L. Farber Modern science was produced

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

Creator:: Benson, Keith Rodney
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AMERICAN BIOLOGY Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Paul Lawrence Farber The major historical

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

Creator:: Hagen, Joel Bartholemew
Abstract:: During the years between 1930 and 1950 a number of attempts were made to introduce techniques and ideas from cytology, ecology, and genetics into the field of taxonomy. Advocates of this "experimental taxonomy" believed that cytological, ecological, and genetic techniques would provide a rigorous, objective methodology to replace the traditional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: on Ideas of Biological Classification Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Paul Lawrence Farber

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: program. I feel extremely fortunate to have worked under the gifted tutelage of Paul Farber in the

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The coloration of animals : a nineteenth century controversy

John Turberville Needham (1713-1781) and eighteenth century theories of generation

The antibiotic discovery era (1940-1960) : vancomycin as an example of the era

An assessment of rival British theories of biogeography, 1800-1859

J.H. Woodger and the emergence of supra-empirical orders of discussion in early twentieth century biology

Bridging the gap : the problem of vertebrate ancestry, 1859-1875

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

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

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

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