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A companion to the history of American science / edited by Georgina M. Montgomery and Mark A. Largent.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Wiley-Blackwell companions to American historyPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2016Description: xvii, 692 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405156257
  • 1405156252
  • 9781119130703
  • 1119130700
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Companion to the history of American scienceDDC classification:
  • 509.73
LOC classification:
  • Q 127 C737 2016
Contents:
Agricultural sciences / Samantha Noll -- Anthropology / Adrian Young -- Astronomy and astrophysics / Peter J. Susalla -- Chemistry / Ann E. Robinson -- Computer science / Stephanie Dick -- Conservation biology / Christian C. Young -- Economics / Ross B. Emmett -- Experimental psychology / Jim Wynter Porter -- Genetics / Melinda Gormley -- Geophysics / Matthew Shindell -- Marine biology / Samantha Muka -- Medical genetics / Andrew J. Hogan -- Metrology and atmospheric science / James Bergman -- Molecular and cellular biology / Lijing Jiang -- Nuclear, high energy, and solid state physics / Joseph D. Martin -- Nutrition / Jessica Mudry -- Paleoanthropology / Matthew R. Goodrum -- Paleontology / Paul D. Brinkman -- Ecology / Gina Rumore -- Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology / Abraham H. Gibson and Michael Ruse -- Sociology / Sebastián Gil-Riaño -- Space and planetary sciences / Erik M. Conway -- Biotechnology / Nathan Crowe -- Darwinism / Adam M. Goldstein -- Science education / Adam R. Shapiro -- Environmental science / Daniel Zizzamia -- The american eugenics movement / Christine Neejer -- Evolution and creation debates / Arthur Ward -- Field and laboratory / Jeremy Vetter -- Gender and science / Donald L. Opitz -- The germ theory / Jacob Steere-Williams -- Instruments / Sara J. Schechner -- Science and literature / Stephan Rachman -- Museums / Amy Kohout -- Natural history / Pamela M. Henson -- Nature study / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- Science and policy / Kevin C. Elliot -- Popularizing science / Constance Areson Clark -- Science and postcolonialism / Banu Subramanian -- Racial science / Robert Bernasconi -- Relativity in america, daniel kennefick -- Science and religion / Mark A. Waddell -- Sex and science / Miriam G. Ruemann -- Zoos and aquariums / Christian C. Young.
Summary: A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [566]-665) and index.

Agricultural sciences / Samantha Noll -- Anthropology / Adrian Young -- Astronomy and astrophysics / Peter J. Susalla -- Chemistry / Ann E. Robinson -- Computer science / Stephanie Dick -- Conservation biology / Christian C. Young -- Economics / Ross B. Emmett -- Experimental psychology / Jim Wynter Porter -- Genetics / Melinda Gormley -- Geophysics / Matthew Shindell -- Marine biology / Samantha Muka -- Medical genetics / Andrew J. Hogan -- Metrology and atmospheric science / James Bergman -- Molecular and cellular biology / Lijing Jiang -- Nuclear, high energy, and solid state physics / Joseph D. Martin -- Nutrition / Jessica Mudry -- Paleoanthropology / Matthew R. Goodrum -- Paleontology / Paul D. Brinkman -- Ecology / Gina Rumore -- Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology / Abraham H. Gibson and Michael Ruse -- Sociology / Sebastián Gil-Riaño -- Space and planetary sciences / Erik M. Conway -- Biotechnology / Nathan Crowe -- Darwinism / Adam M. Goldstein -- Science education / Adam R. Shapiro -- Environmental science / Daniel Zizzamia -- The american eugenics movement / Christine Neejer -- Evolution and creation debates / Arthur Ward -- Field and laboratory / Jeremy Vetter -- Gender and science / Donald L. Opitz -- The germ theory / Jacob Steere-Williams -- Instruments / Sara J. Schechner -- Science and literature / Stephan Rachman -- Museums / Amy Kohout -- Natural history / Pamela M. Henson -- Nature study / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- Science and policy / Kevin C. Elliot -- Popularizing science / Constance Areson Clark -- Science and postcolonialism / Banu Subramanian -- Racial science / Robert Bernasconi -- Relativity in america, daniel kennefick -- Science and religion / Mark A. Waddell -- Sex and science / Miriam G. Ruemann -- Zoos and aquariums / Christian C. Young.

A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science.

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