The focus of this study is an eight-week science enrichment mentorship program for elementary and middle school girls (ages 8 to 13) at Coleson Village, a public housing community, in an urban area of western Washington. The goal of the program was to build confidence and encourage creativity as the participants discovered themselves as competent…

Summarizes experience of an analytical chemist in the form of a dialogue, including educational background, teaching-learning practices, research activities, academic contributions, opinion about government support of research studies, and future prospects of the field. (CC)

Presents a brief biography of Sir Isaac Newton, lists contemporary scientists and scientific developments and discusses Newton's optical research and conceptual position concerning the nature of light. (JR)

Presents the initial analytical results of 1973 survey data obtained from over 52,500 respondents in the physics and astronomy community. Indicates a decrease in unemployment and a continuous salary increase from 1970 to 1973. Included are descriptions of subfield employment, work activities, and situations of minority groups. (CC)

Describes Paul Walden's history of organic chemistry as a continuation of Carl Graebe's work, covering the period from 1880 to 1935. Indicates that a general intellectual outlook, controlling ideas, and mental furnishings characteristic of his time are revealed besides factual information about the classical age of organic chemistry. (CC)

The Interdiciplinary Doctoral Program in Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh conducted a survey of the need for professionals in information science at the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. levels. (JB)

Discusses action being taken to establish a national organization which would serve to focus and coordinate the activities of all the public interest groups now operating. Increased emphasis on the role of scientists in advising this government on public interest issues is advocated. (JR)

Discusses assistance offered to professionals by the Technology Mobilization and Reemployment Program and the Technology Utilization Program. Indicates most of such job help programs have been terminated under present job situations and their chances of recovery are slight. (CC)

Uses the format of transactional analysis to examine the social interactions of scientists. Describes some of the games'' played by scientists to illustrate that they are social creatures motivated by social forces which can sometimes override the basic ethic of scientific objectivity. (JR)

Discusses Einstein's views on the role of Michelson-Morley, Fizeau, and Miller experiments in the development of relativity and his attitude toward the theories of new quantum mechanics. Indicates that Einstein's opposition to quantum mechanics is beyond dispute. (CC)

Describes the development of students' images of scientists from high school through college in Israel, and indicates the presence of significant discrepancies between the images held by college students and by scientists themselves as measured by the Test On Understanding Science (TOUS) form W. (CC)

Conception of science and technology as servants'' of mankind has led mankind to believe that all problems can be solved by use of technology. However, many social, ecological, and psychological problems are results of imbalanced technological development. A future need is to discover a new equilibrium between science and its social effects. (PS)

Describes the reception accorded to John Tyndall in 1872-1873 in America. Tyndall, called the Apostle of Science, delivered a series of lectures on light with fascinating demonstrations in several cities during his visit. Press coverage and public reaction were overwhelming. Tyndall left the money earned from his lectures in a trust which is still…