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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783356303321

Autore

Gladfelter Elizabeth H

Titolo

Agassiz's legacy [[electronic resource] ] : scientists' reflections on the value of field experience / / Elizabeth Higgins Gladfelter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-770012-8

0-19-530341-5

0-19-803514-4

1-60256-473-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Disciplina

509.04

Soggetti

Scientists

Science - Fieldwork

Science - History - 20th century

Research - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Natural Sciences at the End of the Twentieth Century -- 2 The World War II Generation -- WILLIAM McFARLAND -- HOLGER W. JANNASCH -- HENRY JOSEPH THOMPSON -- EUGENE KOZLOFF -- ELIZABETH BUNCE -- JOHN H. RYTHER -- JOHN M. KINGSBURY -- JOHN VERNBERG -- SUMMARY: CHANGING TIDES -- 3 The Silent Generation of the 1950s -- STEPHEN A. WAINWRIGHT -- FREDERICK NAGLE -- CARL BOWIN -- ALAN KOHN -- JAMES M. McLELLAND -- B. CLARK BURCHFIEL -- STEPHEN C. PORTER -- DANIEL JEAN STANLEY -- IAN GUNN MACINTYRE -- PETER W. GLYNN -- SUMMARY: CHANGING TIDES -- 4 The Sputnik Generation: The 1960s -- MIMI KOEHL -- PAUL R. PINET -- PARK S. NOBEL -- PETER F. SALE -- JAMES G. MORIN -- IAN STIRLING -- YOSSI LOYA -- DAPHNE FAUTIN -- ROLF P. M. BAK -- DONALD C. POTTS -- ROBERT R. WARNER -- PAMELA REID -- PETER MOLNAR -- PAUL F. HOFFMAN -- LAURENCE P. MADIN -- PETER H. WIEBE -- JAMES T. CALLAHAN -- SUMMARY: CHANGING TIDES -- 5 The Last of the Golden Years: The 1970s -- MARGARET McFALL-NGAI -- JOHN DACEY -- RICHARD ALLEY -- C.



DREW HARVELL -- MICHAEL DONOGHUE -- PATRICK D. NUNN -- CONSTANCE SOJA -- DENNIS HUBBARD -- MYRA SHULMAN -- PHILLIP LOBEL -- SUMMARY: CHANGING TIDES -- 6 The Lean Years: The 1980s -- GABRIELLE NEVITT -- DINA FONSECA -- PETER CLIFT -- JOSHUA SLADEK NOWLIS -- KARLA PARSONS HUBBARD -- ELLEN PRAGER -- GRETE K. HOVELSRUD-BRODA -- SUMMARY: CHANGING TIDES -- 7 Natural Sciences at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

1. Natural Sciences at the End of the Twentieth      Century     2. The World War II Generation     3. The Silent Generation of the 1950s     4. The Sputnik Generation: The 1960s     5. The Last of the Golden Years: The 1970s     6. The Lean Years: The 1980s     7. Natural Sciences at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century     Index.