Lederman, Leon M. (Editor)
Scheppler, Judith A. (Editor)
Description Fifteen biographies written by students from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, revealing the human factors that influenced the lives of successful scientists. Includes a range of personalities and disciplines: Clifford Geertz (cultural anthropology), Mary Claire-King (genetics), Marvin Minsky (artificial intelligence), Story Musgrave and Sally Ride (astronautics), Steven Pinker (psychology/cognitive science), F. Sherwood Rowland (chemistry), Vera Rubin (astronomy), Paul Sereno (paleontology), George Smoot (astrophysics), Charles Townes and Edward Witten (physics), Geerat Vermeij (geology), E. O. Wilson (sociobiology), and Dawn Wright (oceanography).
Article
Maria Terdimou;
(2019)
Elements of Mathematics and Astronomy in the Work of Jules Verne
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Book
Hawking, Stephen W.;
(2002)
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy
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Book
James Lequeux;
(2008)
François Arago, un savant généreux: physique et astronomie au XIXe siècle
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Book
Launay, Françoise;
(2012)
The Astronomer Jules Janssen: A Globetrotter of Celestial Physics
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Book
Ileana Chinnici;
Consolmagno, Guy J.;
(2021)
Angelo Secchi and Nineteenth Century Science: The Multidisciplinary Contributions of a Pioneer and Innovator
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Article
Dieter B. Herrmann;
(2011)
Über die soziale Herkunft der bedeutenden Astronomen des 20. Jahrhunderts - Eine soziologische Analyse des Source Book of Astronomy and Astrophysics; On the social background of the most prominent astronomers of the 20th century - a sociological analysis of the Source Book of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Gleick, James;
(2003)
Isaac Newton
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James Lequeux;
(2015)
François Arago: A 19th Century French Humanist and Pioneer in Astrophysics
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Article
William T. Lynch;
(2019)
Between Kin Selection and Cultural Relativism: Cultural Evolution and the Origin of Inequality
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Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory;
(1999)
History of women in the sciences: Readings from Isis
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Article
Yulia Frumer;
(2018)
Cognition and Emotions in Japanese Humanoid Robotics
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Book
Cordeschi, Roberto;
(2002)
The Discovery of the Artificial Behavior, Mind and Machines before and beyond Cybernetics
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Book
Maifreda, Germano;
(2012)
From Oikonomia to Political Economy: Constructing Economic Knowledge from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution
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Article
Good, Greg;
(2010)
A Federation of History-Minded Scientists and Science-Minded Historians and Archivists
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Nye, Mary Jo;
(2003)
The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences
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Book
Wrathall, Mark A.;
Malpas, Jeff;
(2000)
Heidegger, Coping and Cognitive Science: Essays in Honor of Hubert L. Dreyfus, v. 2
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Tropp, E. A.;
Karpeev, E. P.;
(2011)
The Physics, Chemistry, and Astronomy of M. V. Lomonosov
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Thesis
Panofsky, Aaron Leon;
(2006)
Fielding Controversy: The Genesis and Structure of Behavior Genetics
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Book
Clive L. N. Ruggles;
(2014)
Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy
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Book
Leverington, David;
(2013)
Encyclopedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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