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A Companion to the History of American Science

A Companion to the History of American Science

Georgina M. Montgomery; Mark A. Largent

Taschenbuch
2019 Wiley & Sons; Wiley-blackwell
Auflage: 1. Auflage
712 Seiten; 244 mm x 170 mm
ISBN: 978-1-119-13070-3

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Notes on Contributors xi
 
Introduction 1
Georgina M. Montgomery and Mark A. Largent
 
Part I Disciplines 7
 
1 Agricultural Sciences 9
Samantha Noll
 
2 Anthropology 21
Adrian Young
 
3 Astronomy and Astrophysics 33
Peter J. Susalla
 
4 Chemistry 44
Ann E. Robinson
 
5 Computer Science 55
Stephanie Dick
 
6 Conservation Biology 69
Christian C. Young
 
7 Economics 82
Ross B. Emmett
 
8 Experimental Psychology 95
Jim Wynter Porter
 
9 Genetics 110
Melinda Gormley
 
10 Geophysics 120
Matthew Shindell
 
11 Marine Biology 134
Samantha Muka
 
12 Medical Genetics 147
Andrew J. Hogan
 
13 Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 160
James Bergman
 
14 Molecular and Cellular Biology 174
Lijing Jiang
 
15 Nuclear, High Energy, and Solid State Physics 186
Joseph D. Martin
 
16 Nutrition 199
Jessica Mudry
 
17 Paleoanthropology and Human Evolution 213
Matthew R. Goodrum
 
18 Paleontology 227
Paul D. Brinkman
 
19 Ecology 241
Gina Rumore
 
20 Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology 252
Abraham H. Gibson and Michael Ruse
 
21 Sociology 263
Sebasti ´an Gil-Ria~no
 
22 Space and Planetary Sciences 276
Erik M. Conway
 
Part II Topics 289
 
23 Biotechnology 291
Nathan Crowe
 
24 Darwinism 306
Adam M. Goldstein
 
25 Science Education 320
Adam R. Shapiro
 
26 Environmental Science 333
Daniel Zizzamia
 
27 The American Eugenics Movement 345
Christine Neejer
 
28 Evolution and Creation Debates 361
Arthur Ward
 
29 Field and Laboratory 374
Jeremy Vetter
 
30 Gender and Science 385
Donald L. Opitz
 
31 The Germ Theory 397
Jacob Steere-Williams
 
32 Instrumentation 408
Sara J. Schechner
 
33 Science and Literature 420
Stephen Rachman
 
34 Museums 431
Amy Kohout
 
35 Natural History 444
Pamela M. Henson
 
36 Nature Study 456
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
 
37 Science and Policy 468
Kevin C. Elliott
 
38 Popularizing Science 479
Constance Areson Clark
 
39 Science and Postcolonialism 491
Banu Subramaniam
 
40 Racial Science 502
Robert Bernasconi
 
41 Relativity in America 512
Daniel Kennefick
 
42 Science and Religion 528
Mark A. Waddell
 
43 Sex and Science 541
Miriam G. Reumann
 
44 Zoos and Aquariums 553
Christian C. Young
 
Bibliography 566
 
Index 666

Langtext
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.
* Covers topics including astronomy, agriculture, chemistry, eugenics, Big Science, military technology, and more
* Features contributions by the most accomplished scholars in the field of science history
* Covers pivotal events in U.S. history that shaped the development of science and science policy such as WWII, the Cold War, and the Women's Rights movement

Georgina M. Montgomery is Associate Professor of Science History at Michigan State University. She is co-editor of Making Animal Meaning (2011) and author of Primates in the Real World: Escaping Primate Folklore and Creating Primate Science (2015).
 
Mark A. Largent is Professor and Associate Dean of Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University. He is the author of Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America (2012) and Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States (2007).