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  KLI Theory Lab - Authors - Donald Thomas Campbell
Campbell, D.T. Paller, B.T. Extending evolutionary epistemology to "justifying" scientific beliefs (A sociological rapprochement with a fallibilist perceptual foundationalism?).
Campbell, D.T. Neurological embodiments of belief and the gap in the fit of phenomena to noumena.
Campbell, D.T. On the conflicts between biological and social evolution and between psychology and moral tradition.
www.kli.ac.at /theorylab/AuthPage/C/CampbellDT.html   (818 words)

  
 Donald Campbell and Bluebird : A Photo Gallery
Donald Campbell streaking over the measured kilometre on Lake Coniston, Lancashire, on November 10, in his jetboat Bluebird, in which he achieved an average speed of 248.62 miles an hour.
Donald Campbell, who established on November 7 of last year a world water speed record of 239.07 miles per hour, almost exactly one year later beat his own record and succeeded in reaching an average speed of 248.62 m.p.h.
Campbell, who had earlier made a trial run, broke the record with only about nine minutes to spare because international rules lay it down that, in order to count for a record attempt, the double runs must be made within one hour.
www.lesliefield.com /galleries/donald_campbell_and_bluebird.htm   (1387 words)

  
 Donald Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell was born in Horley, Surrey, the son of Sir Malcolm Campbell holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920's and 30's in the famous Bluebird cars and boats.
Campbell was not seriously hurt, suffering a fracture to his lower skull, and was by 1961 on the road to recovery and planning the rebuild of CN7.
Campbell was bitterly disappointed with the speed, he had hoped for so much more, but the marginal track conditions meant that it took a real effort to get CN7 over 400mph in the approach to the measued mile.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Campbell   (1683 words)

  
 The Racing Campbells - Donald & Malcolm Campbell - Donald
Donald was looked after by a nanny and his mother and occasionally could be found with Leo Villa in his fathers workshop.
Donald turned K7 around and headed back down the course at a fantastic pace for his return run, describing his run by radio to his crew.
Donald had received the Seagrave Trophy on four occasions, 1955, 1958, 1964 and 1966 for his skills on both water and land, the final trophy posthumously.
www.racingcampbells.com /content/donald.asp   (1587 words)

  
 BLUEBIRD K7 HYDROPLANE BOAT AND DONALD CAMPBELL WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD HOLDER 1955 AND 1967 | KEN NORRIS OBITUARY ...
Donald Campbell inherited Sir Malcolm's taste for adventure, plus of course a Bluebird boat to start him on the trail to a LSR and WSR career, purchased for a nominal fee, after Sir Malcolm passed away in 1948.
Campbell had just gone 21 mph faster than anyone had ever gone before, putting him in a place where the effects of air and water on a boat were a mystery.
Donald's body had not been located by this time, but the search continued apace and with the aid of modern sonar equipment, Donald's body was also recovered two months later in May 0f 2001 and laid to rest.
www.solarnavigator.net /bluebird_k7_donald_campbell.htm   (3278 words)

  
 Donald Campbell Tributes
Donald Campbell stepped into the void [left by the death of John Cobb in 1952].
Campbell was still the fastest man on water, with vast experience.
Campbell had 300 in his sights and quickly swung around for the return, without refueling, without letting the water settle.
www.lesliefield.com /personalities/donald_campbell_tributes.htm   (319 words)

  
 In Memoriam Donald T. Campbell
Donald T. Campbell died on Sunday, May 5, 1996, apparently from the complications of surgery.
Campbell was one of the truly important thinkers in evolutionary philosophy and social science methodology, and one of the most cited authors in the social sciences.
Campbell may be best > known within evaluation circle for coining the concept of quasi-experimental > designs and for advocating use of experimental methods for evaluation.
pespmc1.vub.ac.be /campbel.html   (825 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Donald Campbell, lieutenant governor of Texas, was born on March 26, 1830, in Alabama.
Due to his partisan credentials as an old-line Whig and his ardent Unionism, Campbell rose to political prominence during the tumultuous years of Reconstruction.qv The wholesale removal of county officials considered by federal authorities to be disloyal to the cause of the Union resulted in Campbell's appointment as chief justice of Marion County in 1868.
Campbell's close cooperation with the military government raised the ire of Marion County Democrats and resulted in his arrest and temporary incarceration by county authorities in 1868 for allegedly falsely swearing to the Union loyalty oath.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fca32.html   (435 words)

  
 Bluebird and Donald Campbell - basic details part of Lakestay Coniston pages
Donald Campbell CBE was the obsessive holder of world land and water speed records and died in Coniston lake on January 4 1967 while trying to break his own record.
Donald Campbell’s body was never found at the time of the tragedy.
Donald Campbell has finally been given a permanent headstone on the edge of Coniston Water 35 years after his death.
www.lakestay.co.uk /campbell.html   (742 words)

  
 The Story of Coniston - Donald Campbell (page 1)
Donald Campbell had been in Coniston for several weeks, waiting for suitable conditions to allow him to attempt the world water speed record.
Donald's father, Malcolm Campbell was already well known as the holder of both land and water world speed records when he decided to come to Coniston for another record attempt on the lake.
A near fatal crash in the USA in 1960 did not deter him and in 1964 he gained what was probably his greatest accolade by capturing both the land and water speed records in the same year in Australia.
www.coniston-net.com /mikesalts/bluebird1.html   (1623 words)

  
 Campbell Donald - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Campbell, Donald (1921-1967), British land and water speed record-breaker.
Born in Horley, Surrey, Donald Malcolm Campbell was the son of...
Dewar, Donald Campbell (1937–2000), Scottish Labour Party politician who presided over the devolution of the Scottish Parliament, and served as...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Campbell_Donald.html   (102 words)

  
 CDNN :: Body Found in Lake is Donald Campbell
Campbell was trying to break his own water speed record of 276mph when his boat somersaulted before crashing.
Ms Campbell confirmed to Mr Smith her father's name, date of birth and that he was born in Kingston, Surrey.
Ms Campbell said her father's funeral would be in the village of Coniston in September and hoped a representative from the Royal Family would attend.
www.cdnn.info /industry/i010810/i010810.html   (601 words)

  
 Rutter
Campbell was deeply involved in the negotiation of the Canadian United States Free Trade Agreement and as Deputy Minister of Trade supervised the negotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Campbell currently sits on the Board of Directors of Toyota Canada Inc. and the Perimeter Institute and in the past has served on the Board of Directors for the International Aviation Management Institute, the National Film Board and the Export Development Corporation.
Campbell was appointed by the Prime Minister as the Canadian co-chairman of the Canada-Japan Forum, an external advisory group established by the governments of Japan and Canada to provide advice and to promote the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
www.rutter.ca /rutInc_abt_brd_campbell.asp   (385 words)

  
 Newsmaker Donald Campbell
Campbell continued through various ranks until, in 1992, he was named director of Science and Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition in Washington, D.C. Campbell took over Lewis on Jan. 6, 1994.
Campbell is director of day-to-day activities of a facility with 2,800 civil service employees and an annual budget as high as about $1 billion.
Campbell is certain that in the future -- complete with plans for a manned mission to Mars, hypersonic aircraft capable of circling the world in two hours, and commercial aircraft which can carry 1,000 passengers -- Lewis Research Center will continue to play a major role in air and space advancement.
www.sunnews.com /news/newsmaker/nm97/newsmakr0997.htm   (904 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Donald Campbell death was accident
Speed legend Donald Campbell died accidentally as he attempted to beat his own water speed record in the Lake District in 1967, a coroner has ruled.
Campbell was probably travelling in excess of 320mph, which narrows the margin of safety to below six degrees, he added.
Mr Campbell's daughter Gina, 52, averted her gaze as the film of the Bluebird's first run and the second, fatal, return run, was shown on a television in the courtroom.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2359313.stm   (616 words)

  
 DONALD CAMPBELL CBE: BLUEBIRD CN7 AND K7: SON OF SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL SPEED ACE ON LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE LAKE
Campbell was the son of Sir Malcolm Campbell.
Donald's career spanned 18 years and finally end in tragedy on Lake Coniston, where he was trying to best his own record to drum up sponsor interest.
Donald Campbell was the first to complete an officially timed run in a jet-propelled hydroplane (K7) of 202.32 m.p.h.
www.bluebird-electric.net /donald_campbell_cbe.htm   (1437 words)

  
 MacDonald and Campbell
Donald, progenitor of Clan Donald, inherited southern Kintyre, Islay and the South Isles, while Garmoran to the north of Argyll was left to Ruari.
The Campbell Earl of Argyll was given a commission of fire and sword against him for failing to appear to answer the charges, but the matter was settled by negotiation and not long afterwards John of the Isles' son and heir, Angus Og MacDonald, was married to Earl Colin's daughter Isobella Campbell.
Another Jacobite Campbell was Campbell of Ardslignish, a cadet of Lochnell who fell while leading his men in the battle of Culloden for the Jacobite cause while his son led a company of Argyll Militia on the government side.
www.ccsna.org /jsep60b.htm   (4626 words)

  
 Donald Campbell's 'Bluebird':
Donald Campbell's world land speed record attempt captivated the nation in 1963 and 1964 and this program looks at the historic attempt from three points of view.
DONALD CAMPBELL: In that area, where those two intersect, we've been cutting ruts into the surface, and this is, of course, very worrying because if that happens too often, it means that there's no track on which to run.
DONALD CAMPBELL: There was some crosswind and the car was taken from one side of the centre-line to the other.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s852734.htm   (2976 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - Donald Campbell Biography
A fanatical chaser of speed records, Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record seven times in 10 years, and the land speed record once, before his boat Bluebird somersaulted into the air and crashed at 300MpH.
The relationship between Sir Malcolm and Donald was complicated; the elder, typical of his era, gave little time to the son who worshipped him.
Donald was less lucky than his father and more determined.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/779:0/Donald_Campbell.htm   (448 words)

  
 Donald T. Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell argued that the sophisticated use of many approaches, each with its own distinct but measurable flaws, was required to design reliable research projects.
The paper he wrote with Donald W. Fiske to present this thesis, "Convergent and Discriminant Validation by the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix," is one of the most frequently cited papers in the social science literature.
Campbell completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he and his younger sister, Fayette, graduated first and second in the class of 1939.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_T._Campbell   (592 words)

  
 CCPB June 1996 Donald Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Donald T. Campbell, who died May 6, 1996 following a short illness, was acclaimed as a social psychologist and widely acknowledged as an important contributor to many other disciplines, including anthropology, biology, and philosophy.
Professor Campbell, an Honorary Fellow of the IACCP, was also the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association (which he also served as President), and he was an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Donald Campbell, trained in the laboratory-based tradition of American social psychology, believed early on in the need to take his research skills into the real world.
www.iaccp.org /bulletin/V30.2_1996/Campbell.html   (514 words)

  
 Donald Campbell - In the Shadow of Sir Malcolm
The grainy old newsreel raises myriad questions about the relationship between Donald Campbell and his illustrious father, Sir Malcolm, the joint architects of 11 speed records on water and 10 on land.
Donald inherited his father's flamboyant manner and the tendency to exaggerate and embroider the tales he recounted.
Campbell sustained a fractured skull but, typically, insisted on walking into the hospital at Tooele.
www.thunderboats.org /history/history0242.html   (1804 words)

  
 NASA - Glenn Research Center's Donald J. Campbell Selected as
NASA Deputy Administrator Special Assistant
Campbell began his government career in 1960 as a test engineer for gas turbine engines and engine components at the U.S. Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
In 1986, Campbell was assigned as an interim Directorate Chief during the implementation of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Program Office at Wright-Patterson, and in 1987 he became Acting Deputy director of the Aero Propulsion Laboratory.
Campbell was presented the Career Achievement Award by the 2001 Black Engineer of the Year Awards.
www.nasa.gov /home/hqnews/2003/aug/HQ_03260_Campbell.html   (701 words)

  
 BBC - Cumbria - Enjoy Cumbria - Donald Campbell and Coniston
Donald Malcolm Campbell, son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, was born in Horley, Surrey on 23 March 1921
Donald was the first person to complete an officially timed run with a jet-propelled hydroplane, on 23 July 1955, at Ullswater
Donald Campbell, who along with his father set a number of water speed world records on Coniston Water, is buried in the new parish cemetary
www.bbc.co.uk /cumbria/enjoy_cumbria/famous_people/campbell.shtml   (527 words)

  
 Biographies : BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD J. CAMPBELL
Donald J. Campbell is deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Campbell was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1919, and attended Salmon P. Chase Law School in Cincinnati, Ohio.
General Campbell continued duty as commander of the 302d Wing and in July 1961 assumed additional duties as commander of Clinton County Air Force Base when the base was transferred from Strategic Air Command to Continental Air Command.
While serving with the 302d Wing, General Campbell was responsible for conducting the Air Force Reserve mission and providing training in the operation and maintenance of the C-119 aircraft for members of foreign air forces under the Military Assistance Program.
www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=4899   (585 words)

  
 Campbell Donald Malcolm: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, from whom he inherited his passion for assaulting speed records and his mechanical inclinations, he helped to design a hull that would not disintegrate at speeds over 200 mi (322 km) per hr on water.
Campbell was killed in his jet-powered boat Bluebird as he tried to reach a speed of 300 mi (483 km) per hr.
Donald Malcolm, Edinburgh, said: Boumsong goes...heard Thistle hope to bring in Dick Campbell from Brechin with Jimmy Bone as his No.2.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/campbell-donald-malcolm.jsp?l=C&p=1   (1339 words)

  
 Donald Bruce Campbell, Major, United States Marine Corps
Donald B. Campbell was born May 31, 1936 in Passaic, New Jersey.
Campbell was unable to eject and the aircraft crashed.
Campbell was declared killed in action on July 28, 1968.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /dbcampbell.htm   (231 words)

  
 Donald Campbell saw ghost in the Bluebird
Donald Campbell, the former British car and speedboat racer, believed in life after death.
He spoke on a number of occasions of feeling the presence of his dead father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, with him in the cockpit of his boats and rocket cars.
As he sat in the cockpit of the Bluebird and prepared to achieve his 648 kph (403 mph) land-speed record on lake Eyre salt flats, Australia, he saw his father's spirit.
www.psychics.co.uk /celebrities/donaldcampbell.html   (178 words)

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