A survey conducted by the American Chemical Society shows that chemists' salaries are increasing at a lower rate than in the recent past, that salaries tend to level off after 25-30 years experience, and that women chemists earn substantially less than men. (CP)

Essay which considers the changing and unchanging aspects of science and then discusses the education of scientists in this context. (LS)

Discusses the nature of science, its values and methodology, and compares the scientist with the artist. Describes the interplay of science and the arts in culture. (EB)

The history of science is replete with instances of disappointed, disgruntled, and frustrated scientists who have felt and complained that their ideas have been stolen or ignored until someone else came up with the same. Conversations have been recorded, correspondence uncovered, and public debates conducted on questions of priority. (Author/TS)

Summarized are the spirit and resourcefulness of the leaders in science education. (HS)

This paper analyzes the formation of a new scientific discipline with regard to the intellectual and social activities of scientists in such development. (HS)

Presents the results of an analysis of Balmer's draft manuscripts, which revealed new and pertinent details about the genesis of the Balmer series. In particular the origin and nature of Balmer's geometrical construction for the series is described. In addition, it is shown that the Balmer series played a direct role in the formulation of the…

The National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel is summarized with regard to physicists and astronomers. Included are salary distributions for physical scientists, median salaries of physicists by employer, educational and work experience. Unemployment figures are presented. Separate data for women are included. (TS)

"Even pure research can never be neutral since its nature and its directions are always framed by the social and scientific context of its time...(Therefore, scientists are)...profoundly responsible to society in the performance of their work." (Author/AL)

Developing universities are called upon, not to emulate older established institutions, but to develop relevant new programs. (CP)

This essay describes how Francis Crick, ex-physicist, entered the field of biology and discovered the structure of DNA. Emphasis is upon the double helix, the sequence hypothesis, the central dogma, and the genetic code. (VW)

Physical scientists have a great voice in educational decisions and regard themselves as better equipped than nonscientists, including legislators, to make these decisions. (CK)