Das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Praxis sowie die Frage, ob wissenschaftliche
Forschung gesellschaftlich relevant sei oder zumindest sein solle, ist ein Dauerthema der …

Virtually all scholars recognize that scientific and technological capabilities are becoming
increasingly important factors in a nation's overall power. Unsurprisingly, debates over a …

Page 1 The American Development of Biology edited by RONALD RAINGER KEITH R.
BENSON JANE MAIENSCHEIN Page 2 Page 3 The American Development of Biology This …

Currently, applied cognitive psychology seems to be a 'hot topic'. What are the origins of this
area of specialization? In this article we survey the history of applied cognitive psychology …

Wie formulierten, konstituierten und verbreiteten Wissenschaftler zu Beginn des 20.
Jahrhunderts eine Biomedizin im Sinne eines physiko-chemischen, technischen …

One hundred and forty years before Gerda Lerner established women's history as a
specialized field in 1972, a small group of women began to claim American Indian history as …

A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a
fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's …

The STUDY OF INSTITUTIONS is a venerable tradition in the history of science in the United
States. The explanation lies in part in the cultural patterning of Americans and in part in the …

Between the seventeenth and early nineteenth century, various European scholars
introduced a distinction between a pure and a practical or applied part of their respective …

The first issue of Science was published on 3 July 1880 as a result of collaboration between
journalist John Michels and inventor Thomas A. Edison. Although Edison withdrew his …