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Books on: famous scientists

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Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century

Book by James H. Kessler, J. S. Kidd, Renée A. Kidd, Katherine A. Morin; Oryx Press, 1996

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African American Scientists--Biography, Scientists--United States--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...many people who became successful scientists and medical doctors. During World...Medical College, an institution famous for training Black doctors. During...on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Famous scientists from all over the United States...
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Janice Vancleave's Scientists through the Ages

Book by Janice VanCleave; John Wiley & Sons, 2004

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Discoveries In Science, Science--Experimentse, Science--Study And Teaching (Elementary), Scientists--Biography

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...persons life) sketches of famous scientists from ancient to...about different types of scientists, and part II includes chapters about individual scientists, which are in alpha- betical order by the scientists last names. In each chapter...interesting facts about the scientist, as well as a discovery...
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Scientists: Their Psychological World

Book by Bernice T. Eiduson; Basic Books, 1962

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Scientists--Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...In addition, I analyzed interview data to study the way the scientists described their creative processes. Most of the knowledge that...retrospective recall. Some of the most colorful descriptions of how famous scientists and artists
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100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults: Biographical Sketches and Professional Paths

Book by Kendall Haven, Donna Clark; Libraries Unlimited, 1999

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Science--History--20th Century, Scientists--Biography

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...improve- ments, he held press conferences in his laboratory and displayed television images of movie stars and famous scientists to declare his success to the world. Several national companies (especially Philco, General Electric, and Radio...
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Passionate Minds: The Inner World of Scientists

Book by Lewis Wolpert, Alison Richards; Oxford University Press, 1997

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Scientists--Interviews

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...us to recover it. But you have had famous nineteenth-century scientists like Ramon Cajal. Is he an exception...Spanish Civil War. Many of the key scientists that had personal contact with Cajal...example, the Minister of Research is a scientist himself. But I dont think that this...

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Journal Articles on: famous scientists

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The Atomic Scientist, Science Fiction Films, and Paranoia: the Day the Earth Stood Still, This Island Earth, and Killers from Space

Journal article by Cyndy Hendershot; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 20, 1997

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Motion picture criticism, Motion pictures, Nuclear weapons, Science fiction & fantasy, Scientists

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...for example, the scientist "had virtually no...project, Los Alamos, scientists who thoughtfully considered...Germany did. Einsteins famous 1939 letter to Roosevelt...represented the atomic scientist par excellence for...worn by Oppenheimer in famous photographs from Los...knowledge: he is the most famous and the most visible of nuclear scientists and hence attracts...
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Preservice Elementary Teachers' Images of Clay Scientists

Journal article by Audrey C. Rule, Berislava Cavanaugh, Valerie Waloven; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 55, 2007

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College students, Colleges & universities, Elementary school teachers, Hair, Outdoor activities, Science teachers, Scientists, Stereotypes, Studies, Teaching methods

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...appeared in both "scientist and "clay scientist" drawings on the...teachers viewed scientists as wild-haired...along with the scientists being identified...periodic table, and famous scientist names, indicate...
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Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890

Journal article by Emily K. Brock; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 77, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1890. by Emily K. Brock Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting...1.) Paul Lucier begins Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting...by rewriting Jane Austens famous opening line thus: "It...universally acknowledged that a scientist in possession of experience...about partnerships between scientists and their sources of funding...
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Individual and Contextual Variables among Creative Scientists: The New Work Paradigm

Journal article by Rita R. Culross; Roeper Review, Vol. 26, 2004

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Creative thinking--Psychological aspects, Creative thinking--Social aspects, Research--Vocational guidance, Scientists--Employment, Scientists--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Variables among Creative Scientists: The New Work Paradigm...article, think of a creative scientist. Who came to mind? Was it a specific famous individual? Einstein...that the world of creative scientists has changed dramatically...been necessary for earlier scientists. Todays creative scientist must be able to function...
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How Pseudo-scientists Get Away with It

Journal article by Lloyd Morain; et Cetera, Vol. 65, 2008

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Name changes, Science, Scientists, Sensory perception, Studies

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How Pseudo-scientists Get Away with It by Lloyd Morain EACH...considerable array of occultists and pseudo-scientists. There were, for instance, the...getting the palm prints of distinguished scientists and philosophers needed for an illustrated...

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Magazine Articles on: famous scientists

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What If Einstein Had Been a Better Violinist? Just How Different Would Life Be Today If the World's Most Famous Scientist Had Made a Different Career Choice?

Magazine article by Gregory Mone; Popular Science, Vol. 266, June 2005

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...the Worlds Most Famous Scientist Had Made a Different...theory difficult for scientists to refute. What...believed that the scientist Paul Langevin would...the worlds most famous equation, E...but Einsteins famous equation revealed...superproductive scientists: popsci.com...
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Jack Ward Thomas Goes to Washington: The Scientist Made Famous by the Spotted Owl Becomes Chief of the U.S. Forest Service

Magazine article by Will Nixon; E, Vol. 5, April 1994

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Spotted owl--Protection, Thomas, Jack Ward--Interviews, United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees

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...goes to Washington: the scientist made famous by the spotted owl becomes...loggers, conservationists and scientists but no one else. Then he...meetings, and become the most famous wildlife biologist in the...with a timber goal and the scientist gets punished for it. Never...you may be calling people scientists that I dont. You may be...
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Science of the Elders: Famous for Their Rainmaking Skills, Kenya's Nganyi Are Working with Scientists to Forecast the Weather

Magazine article by Maria Onyango, Gilbert Ouma, Laban Ogallo; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 36, July 2010

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Indigenous peoples, Rain and rainfall--Forecasts and trends, Rain and rainfall--Observations, Rain--Forecasts and trends, Rain--Observations, Weather forecasting

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Science of the Elders: Famous for Their Rainmaking Skills, Kenyas Nganyi Are Working with Scientists to Forecast the Weather...consisting of two climate scientists, a social economist and experts...the point of "rational" scientists conferring with "mystical...
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Biographies of Scientists: a Search Exercise in Futility?

Magazine article by Robert Buntrock; Searcher, Vol. 10, November 2002

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Biographies, Comparability, Dialog Corp, Directories, Distribution channels, Gale Group, Information professionals, Information retrieval, Online information services, Reference books, Scientists, United States

Collections: Entire Library

...source of biographies of scientists (as well as a lot of other...source, Biographies of Famous Scientists, lists biographies for 307 scientists, many of them Nobelists...mention of his day job as a scientist and educator. (All Too...
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A New Dynamic

Magazine article by Brendan Borrell; The Scientist, Vol. 21, May 2007

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Biology, Drug therapy, E coli, Ecology, Fourier analysis, Immunization, Mathematical models, Scientists, Studies

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...science. In the past, a scientist might single out a pathogen...drug treatments, many scientists worry that not enough...sound because these famous British scientists were...and diversify in ways scientists still dont understand...mail us at mail@the-scientist.com

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Newspaper Articles on: famous scientists

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Al Qaeda Nuclear Suspect Worked at UK Laboratory; MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientist's Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear Research Centre; French Interior Minister Claims 'Worst May Have Been Avoided' after Brothers' Arrest; Uncanny Parallel to Dan Brown Novel as Scientist Hunting for 'God Particle' Is Held over Fears He Planned to Attack Britain

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 11, 2009

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Al-Qaeda--Investigations, Al-Qaeda--Planning, Antiterrorism measures, Scientists--Planning, Terrorist organizations, Terrorists--Planning

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientists Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear...Parallel to Dan Brown Novel as Scientist Hunting for God Particle Is...not be more specific. The scientists were being questioned last...
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Al Qaeda Nuclear Suspect Worked at UK Laboratory; MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientist's Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear Research Centre; French Interior Minister Claims 'Worst May Have Been Avoided' after Brothers' Arrest; Uncanny Parallel to Dan Brown Novel as Suspect Scientist Was Hunting for 'God Particle' - and Was Due at CERN 'In Hours'

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 11, 2009

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Al-Qaeda--Investigations, Antiterrorism measures, Scientists, Terrorist organizations, Terrorists, United Kingdom. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientists Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear...Dan Brown Novel as Suspect Scientist Was Hunting for God Particle...what those targets were. The scientists were being questioned last...
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Al Qaeda Nuclear Suspect Worked at UK Laboratory; MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientist's Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear Research Centre; French Interior Minister Claims 'Worst May Have Been Avoided' after Brothers' Arrest; Uncanny Parallel to Dan Brown Novel as One Scientist Said to Be Hunting for 'God Particle' at CERN - and Due There 'In Hours'

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 11, 2009

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Al-Qaeda--Investigations, Antiterrorism measures, Scientists, Terrorist organizations, Terrorists, United Kingdom. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MI5 Investigate Brilliant Scientists Links to World-Famous Rutherford Appleton Nuclear...to Dan Brown Novel as One Scientist Said to Be Hunting for God...what those targets were. The scientists were being questioned last...
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Not Only a Scholar but Great Scientist; World-Famous Astronomers Celebrate Bede

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 13, 2009

Subjects:

Scientists

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Not Only a Scholar but Great Scientist; World-Famous Astronomers Celebrate Bede...Europe, was also an outstanding scientist. Last night a new permanent...in Jarrow, called Bede the Scientist, was opened. Sir Arnold Wolfendale...
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Welsh Scientist in Talks with Rich Backer to Get Darwin's HMS Beagle under Sail; Plans to Replicate the Ship That Helped to Found Charles Darwin's Theories on Natural Selection Are Moving a Step Closer. Darren Devine Speaks to the Man Behind the Scheme to Bring Back to Life One of Britain's Most Famous Naval Vessels

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 24, 2010

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Darwin, Charles, Naval vessels--Planning, Scientists--Planning, Warships--Planning

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Welsh Scientist in Talks with Rich Backer...Life One of Britains Most Famous Naval Vessels. IT was the...selection. Now a Welsh scientist wants to build a copy of...off the Galapagos. Welsh scientist David Lort-Phillips wants...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous scientists

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Chicago , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...magnificent mile," Chicagos famous shopping district. In the...Humboldt Park. The west is famous for Hull House, the settlement...perished in one of the most famous tragedies of Western history...Enrico Fermi and a group of scientists working on the governments...
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Germany

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Bonn, flows through a steep gorge, famous for its scenery, vineyards, and castles...mts., is largely agricultural and has famous vineyards, especially in the Moselle...discontent among the German people. Many scientists, artists, educators, and scholars followed...
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Holland House

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Holland family in Kensington, London, made famous in the first 40 years of the 19th cent...Samuel Romilly, and Henry Brougham, scientists such as Michael Faraday and Humphry Davy...Palmerston were frequent guests at the famous dinners at Holland House...
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Physics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the calculus. Another important scientist of the early Hellenistic period, centered...and 17th cent., contained Newtons famous three laws of motion and showed how...by Newton was developed by several scientists and received brilliant exposition in...shown to be erroneous, a number of scientists adhering to it nevertheless made important...
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Swift, Jonathan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...lifelong attachment to Esther Johnson, the "Stella" of his famous journal. Disappointed of church preferment in England, Swift...and its neighbor Lagado, peopled by quack philosophers and scientists; and to the land of the Houhynhnms, where horses behave with...

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