Reports the results of a survey of the academic training grounds of 578 scientists and engineers who contributed articles to Scientific American" during 1962-67. (LC)

Presents an interview with Dr. Shinya Inoue who helped reinvent the use of light microscopes in the study of cells. (MKR)

Far from regarding editions of the complete works of great scientists as monuments testifying to the glory of a nation, the authors consider that such editions provide the most direct access to the scientific knowledge of the past. A bibliography of complete works of scientists established by adopting as a criterion the exhaustive nature of the…

Focuses on the philosophical leanings and humanist and spiritual qualities of five Black-American scientists--Banneker, Carver, Just, Latimer, and Julian--for whom there seemed no conflict between science and the humanities. Their writings are commended to contemporary readers for this reason. (DM)

Prime-time television spots designed to inform the public about forestry were developed following an information needs assessment. Media specialists and scientists cocreated the messages. A telephone survey found a 15% increase in approval for forest management activities. (SK)

Reports on an interview with John Maynard Smith, one of the most important evolutionary biologists since Darwin. (JRH)

Discusses the life and work of Joseph Priestley, a scientist of the late eighteenth century who was famous for his work in both Europe and America. Includes a description of the Joseph Priestley house, a museum containing some of his scientific equipment and exhibitions relating to his work. (MM)

This study analyzes the interpretive activities of scientists related to familiar and unfamiliar graphs. The analyses show that when scientists were familiar with a graph, they read it transparently and thereby leapt beyond the material basis to the thing the graph is said to be about. In contrast, when scientists were less familiar with the…

German Chemist, August Wilhelm Hofmann first introduced the term "molar" (from the Latin moles, meaning "a large mass") into chemistry, around 1865. The particular use of the term molar gained currency in the physics literature, where it was in common use at least through the 1940s.

The changes in the evolution due to changes in science are explored. These changes are frustrating to paleontologists, especially when they are trying to date a singular event, like a cataclysm that precipitated a mass extinction.

This article discusses the individual and contextual factors that are salient to high levels of creativity among scientists working in organizational settings in the modern world. The article contrasts such scientists with traditional depictions of creative scientists and draws implications for future directions for creativity research and for the…

When 1 July 1957 ''dawned'' in the dark of the south polar night, Americans at seven scientific stations scattered across Antarctica officially began systematic, synoptic observations of the air above and ice below. Joining scientists from 11 other countries on the polar continent, they were part of the International Geophysical Year, an 18-month…

Teaching Romer's discovery alongside the Doppler effect can reveal a satisfying linkage between the two and give students a better understanding of both than they get from studying either alone.

In this article, the author shares some of the background material that did not make it into his biography of Charles Darwin, "The Tree of Life." Specifically, he discusses the important role that teachers played in Darwin's life, from his demanding father (Dr. Darwin) to zoologist Dr. Robert Grant and taxidermist John Edmonstone (a freed slave).