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  2004 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The year 2004 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
December 27 - A flare of radiation from an explosion on the super-magnetic neutron star (Magnetar) SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth - astronomers later calculate that it is the largest explosion observed in the Milky Way galaxy for 400 years.
July 30 - Marine biologists from the announce in the journal Science the discovery of the genus Osedax, deep sea worms that feed on lipids in decaying whale carcusses.
www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2004_in_science   (1100 words)

  
 Promoting Science Through America's Colonial Press - The Early America Review, Summer 1997
The core of this paper around which many insights develop is that despite the limited exposure of science in the colonial press, the newspaper was integral to the development of an experimental science, itself integral to the burgeoning capitalist society of a pre-revolutionary, colonial America.
Thus, science in the press followed market and governmental forms with a structure of specialization and representation which I term 'republican science,' a form of public science that continues today.
So 'public science,' as it should be viewed, is 'publicized science' or 'popularized science': the marketed results from those inside an exclusive 'guild' to those on the outside.
earlyamerica.com /review/summer97/science.html   (3223 words)

  
 Society History By ic Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Science and Engineering Indicators: 2000 - Report by the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on US science and technology, including education and RandD, from World War II to the end of the 20th century.
Science and You - Several articles, mostly on history and philosophy of science, aimed at a lay audience.
Science Timeline - A chronology from the 7th millenium BC to the present day, with brief explanations of events in the history of Western natural philosophy and sciences.
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/History/By_Topic/Science   (2094 words)

  
 Science bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ebert, J. [C., Committee on Science and Creationism]., 1984, Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences: Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 28 p.
Merton, R. K., 1973, Sociology of Science, in Storer, N. W., ed., The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Emperical Investigations: Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press; 605 pp.
National Academy of Sciences, 1984, Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences: Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 28 p.; National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Committee on Science and Creationism.
www.talkorigins.org /origins/biblio/science.html   (2308 words)

  
 1843 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The year 1843 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
John Couch Adams predicts the existence and location of Neptune from irregularities in the orbit of Uranus
1910), physician, famous for the discovery of the tubercle bacillus (1882) and the cholera bacillus (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1843_in_science   (279 words)

  
 OhioLINK ETD: Kiefer, Geraldine
1880-1900, straddled a period of intense discovery and theoretical formulation in the sciences.
His grasp of empiricist perceptual theory and empirio-criticism (a late nineteenth century philosophy, associated with the physicist Ernst Mach, that criticized the narrowness of empiricism when not integrated into original structures of thought) reveals that he was not a dilettante but was cognizant of key developments and figures in the history and philosophy of science.
Stieglitz's drive to excel as both a laboratory technician and proponent of Wissenschaftideologie, an ethical ideal of research fostered by German academic scientists, shows that his was a philosophy of impassioned research and discovery.
www.ohiolink.edu /etd/view.cgi?case1054656549   (343 words)

  
 Mathematics and Science Education Center | Northwest Teacher Fall 2001
The messy and unpredictable side of doing science is an important element of inquiry, but not all investigations will have the same level of open-ended learning.
Inquiry-based science activities that are grounded in environmental concerns engage students not merely as future voting citizens but as authentic members of the community with "the capacity to effect change" (Stapp, Wals, and Stankorb, 1996).
Connecting science to complex environmental problems from their local communities demonstrates to students that what they are learning is important.
www.nwrel.org /msec/nwteacher/fall2001/connecting.html   (1375 words)

  
 Google Directory - Society > History > By Topic > Science
A timeline of the history of science that can be organized by either date, or alphabetically by scientist's name, with (very) basic data and some links.
Report by the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on US science and technology, including education and RandD, from World War II to the end of the 20th century.
Webpages, articles, and books on science, history and the history of science, including the history of astronomy, Tudor history and the history of Siberia.
gogle.com /alpha/Top/Society/History/By_Topic/Science   (1748 words)

  
 TIMELINE 1910-1920 page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
Techno-enthusiasts such as Hugo Gernsback spread the message of engineering and science, and hobbyists built and tinkered with radios as avidly as they would with personal computers six decades later, and the magazine was the medium for spreading that message.
The line between Fantasy and Science Fiction was blurred indeed; the term "science fiction" not having yet been invented.
Science projected the world to last for millions of years, but whether that future would be glorious or monstrous could not be determined.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline1920.html   (1047 words)

  
 Arthur O. Lovejoy: Kant and Evolution I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By PROFESSOR ARTHUR O. IT has come to be one of the generally accepted legends of the history of science that the author of the " Kritik der reinen Vernunft " was also a pioneer of evolutionism.
He was himself throughout his life especially interested in two distinct scientific problems, both of which made a consideration of the hypothesis of the mutability of species inevitable, and an acceptance 'of it natural.
But since, in physical science, we ought to abstain so far as possible from having recourse to causes outside of nature, it seems to me that in the solar system we can account for this impelling force in a sufficiently probable manner and in accordance with the principles of mechanics....
spartan.brocku.ca /~lward/Lovejoy/Lovejoy_1910.html   (5453 words)

  
 "WHAT IS SCIENCE?"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Many activities are today characterized as "Science!", while other activities are just as definitely characterized as "Pseudoscience!", maybe without the one making the judgement always having made it clear to himself what he really means with the words he is using.
The other, termed "science ideal", refers to that science, which within a paradigm is considered to be the best expression/reflection of what science "is" and should be.
During the "idealistic" period of science one built the world picture on the basis of the doctrine of the elements, just as one, during the following "materialistic" period of science has put much energy into the work of building a consistent world picture, based on the idea of the atom.
hem.passagen.se /thebee/SCIENCE/Science.htm   (4317 words)

  
 Christian Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Christian Science continues to uphold her belief that Jesus revealed to people their illusion of illness and thus cured them, even though she was not cured and sought out a medicinal illusion.
In divine Science, where prayers are mental, all may avail themselves of God as “a very' present help in trouble.” Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals.
Their publications are The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, The Herald of Christian Science, published in 12 foreign languages as well as in English Braille; (which seems to be an oxymoron from their own beliefs) and The Christian Science Quarterly, containing the Bible lessons studied daily by Christian Scientists.
www.letusreason.org /Cults18.htm   (8674 words)

  
 History of Science
Echo Science and Technology Virtual Center - Incorporating the WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, established in 1994.
Science and Discovery Audio Tapes - Sells lectures on the history of science on audiocassete.
The Scientific Revolution - The year 1543 may be taken as the beginning of the scientific revolution, for it was then that Copernicus published The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies and Vesalius, On the Structure of the Human Body.
www.edinformatics.com /hist_sci.htm   (2089 words)

  
 TIMELINE 1890-1910 page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
It was the Age of Steel: in 1890 the first entirely steel-framded building was completed in Chicago, and the Forth Bridge opened for traffic.
But Science Fiction had the whole world's future in mind, and the solar system beyond.
This story is still worth reading, and makes good use of his four years of science education at Cornell plus vivid landscapes.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline1910.html   (1437 words)

  
 1910 in science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The year 1910 in (A particular branch of scientific knowledge) science and (The practical application of science to commerce or industry) technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
The (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) earth passes through the tail of (Click link for more info and facts about Comet Halley) Comet Halley.
(The science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions) Chemistry - (Click link for more info and facts about Otto Wallach) Otto Wallach
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1910_in_science.htm   (744 words)

  
 STS-109, "Images of Science" schedule
Myers, "The Double Helix as Icon." Science as Culture, 9, 49-72.
Steinke, J., "A Portrait of the woman as a scientist." Public Understanding of Science 6 (1997), 409-428.
"Science as a Discipline, Science as Seen by Students and Teachers' Professional Knowledge." in Doing Science: Images of Science in Science Education.
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /Courses/sts109/schedule.htm   (368 words)

  
 History of Science Directory Directory: Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Report by the National Science Board and National Science Foundation on US science and technology, including education and R&D, from World War II to the end of the 20th century.
A chronology from the 7th millenium BC to the present day, with brief explanations of events in the history of Western natural philosophy and science.
History of women in science from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
historyofscience.biz /directory/Top/.../History/ByTopic/Science/28199   (1931 words)

  
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Knedler, John Warren, 1901- Masterworks of science; digests of 13 gr 500 1947.
Science in action : the Marshall Cavendi 507.2 1988.
Further explorations in science; a secon 507.2 [1963] 234.
www.eskimo.com /~billb/amateur/sciexp.txt   (1517 words)

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 95047657   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This collection of sixteen essays on the history of science in America ranges chronologically from the early nineteenth century to the present.
The essays reflect the ever-broadening scope of the discipline: from the pursuit of science in elite academic, industrial, and governmental settings to science at home and in the movies.
Such timely issues as women and science, the ethics of science, and the bomb are examined.
www.loc.gov /catdir/description/uchi052/95047657.html   (160 words)

  
 Courses in Science and Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SISO students are required to take one of these courses (1910 9.0; 2915 9.0; 2040 9.0) and the capstone course.
The range of courses includes studies of eugenics, Victorian physics and psychology, science and visualisation and technology and identity.
Typically, students take the capstone course in their final year; however, a third year student with a particular interest in the current course topic may discuss enrolling in the seminar with the instructor.
www.arts.yorku.ca /siso/Courses.html   (344 words)

  
 Gender and Science Syllabus
This course is an upper-level seminar-style course on the relationships between gender issues and science.
Many kinds of questions can be asked about gender and science: questions regarding the social context of science with respect to gender issues; questions regarding the historical development of science and how the changing roles of women in society have affected science; and questions regarding the epistemological and ethical implications of these changing relationships.
Johnson, Karen, “Science at the Breakfast Table,” Physics in Perspective, 1 (1999), 22-34.
www.stlawu.edu /philosophy/s02/315.htm   (1141 words)

  
 What Do They Believe: Christian Scientists - Christ's Church of the Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Christian Scientists read the Bible and claim, by their very name, to be "Christian." However, Christian Science is neither "Christian" nor "science." Rather, it is a belief system based on one woman's interpretation of the Bible-an interpretation that actually ignores or contradicts most of the Scriptures.
By the end of her life in 1910, Christian Science was well established.
Most of the 2,000 Christian Science churches worldwide are located in the United States, and the Mother Church is in Boston.
www.ccvonline.com /newsletter/article.aspx?volume_id=74271&article_id=3   (884 words)

  
 Bible Lesson-Sermons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Bible is an indispensable part of the study of Christian Science, for this Science is based in the Scriptures.
The Bible and Science and Health are the foundation for the study of Christian Science.
Eddy's inspired wisdom in uniting the entire Christian Science movement in one method of Bible study, one basis of teaching in the Sunday School, and one form of preaching in all Christian Science churches throughout the world.
www.thebookmark.com /bible-lessons-sermons.html   (1542 words)

  
 Tapestry Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality, 1992.
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher, 1995 (reprint).
Guy, S.J. Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality, 1992.
www.tapestryweb.org /bookstore.html   (1254 words)

  
 Computer Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The College of Arts and Sciences offers three degrees: the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, and the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
A minimum grade of C is required in every course applicable toward a major or minor (including corequisites), except in beginning courses and in sophomore English.
To qualify for the Bachelor of Science degree, the student must complete a minimum of 124 semester hours with a grade point average of 2.0.
www.msci.memphis.edu /cs/bsgened.htm   (1517 words)

  
 Longyear Museum | Exhibits & Programs | Portrait Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He had Primary class instruction in Christian Science in 1896 with Henrietta E. Graybill, and entered the full-time practice of Christian Science in 1899.
After studying under the Christian Science Board of Education with Edward A. Kimball in 1900 and 1901, he began teaching in 1901.
Beginning in 1908, for almost three years he served as Mary Baker Eddy's confidential secretary at Chestnut Hill, and was awarded a C.S.D. degree (Doctor of Christian Science) in 1910.
www.longyear.org /dickey.html   (235 words)

  
 The Nation, 12/15/1910 - Science
The article presents information on books and personalities related to science in the U.S. The book "Reptiles of the World," by Raymond L. Ditmars, has 185 admirable pictures of living species of turtles, crocodilians, lizards, and snakes from all parts of the world.
The nearly exterminated Tuatara of New Zealand, representing the otherwise extinct group, Rhynchocephalia, is briefly discussed in the introduction.
...Institutions whici he' founded, viz., schools ol manual training, domestic science, and agriculture, were later consolidated as Stout Institute...
www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v091i2372_07.htm   (1143 words)

  
 John Savage's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is a founder of the Department of Computer Science and was its Chairman from 1985 until 1991.
MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1991-2002.
He is a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
www.cs.brown.edu /people/jes   (270 words)

  
 Christian Health Science vs. Christian Science by W. Earl Flynn, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 0766138291
Health and Medicine in the Christian Science Tradi...
Introduction to the Science of Christian Science (By Max Kappeler)
Science of the Oneness of Being in the Christian S...
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