Article ID: CBB000932222

The Return of the Phoenix: The 1963 International Congress of Zoology and American Zoologists in the Twentieth Century (2009)

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Abstract This paper examines the International Congress of Zoology held in Washington D.C. in 1963 as a portrait of American zoologists' search for effective and rewarding relationships with both each other and the public. Organizers of the congress envisioned the congress as a last ditch effort to unify the disparate subdisciplines of zoology, overcome the barriers of specialization, and ward off the heady claims of more reductionist biologists. The problems zoologists faced as they worked to fulfill these ambitious goals illuminate some of the challenges faced by members of the naturalist tradition as they worked to establish disciplinary unity while seeking public support in the competitive world of twentieth century science.

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Authors & Contributors
Sturdevant, Rick W.
Machado, Cristina de Amorim
Lamarão, Sérgio Tadeu de Niemeyer
Arnold-Forster, Agnes
Spiers, John H.
Barboza, Christina Helena da Motta
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
International congresses
Professions and professionalization
Rockets; rocketry
Astronautics
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Philadelphia, PA
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Washington, D. C. (U.S.)
Institutions
International Academy of Astronautics
Ministério da Ciência, Technologia, e Inovação
Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica (LNA)
Pico dos Dias Observatory
Center for the History of Chemistry
Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Iowa, U.S.)
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