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)

Discussion of (1) the scientific and theological attitudes prevalent when "On the Origin of Species was published and (2) the rhetorical approaches and devices Darwin borrowed from the works of predecessors. (RD)

After World War II, Allied policy toward German science became entangled with issues of reparations and programs at home instead of contributing to the positive reconstruction of Germany. The Americans, the British, and the Russians dealt with German scientists and research institutions in very different ways. (AM)