Browsing by Author "Browne, Janet"
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The Public Life of Scientific Orthodoxy: Stephen Jay Gould, Evolutionary Biology and American Creationism, 1965-2002
Sheldon, Myrna Lynn Perez (2014-06-06)This dissertation uses the public career of Harvard evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould to examine the place of evolution in American culture from 1960 to 2002. Gould was a professional paleontologist and public science ... -
The Religious Pursuit of Race: Christianity, Modern Science, and the Perception of Human Difference
Keel, Terence (2012-09-18)This dissertation is a work in intellectual history that chronicles racial theories within Western science and medicine. Therein, I address two interrelated questions. Firstly, has Christianity shaped modern scientific ... -
Squibs and Snobs: Science in Humorous British Undergraduate Magazines Around 1830
Browne, Janet E (Science History Publications, 1992) -
The World in a Book: Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora (1797-1812)
Mollendorf, Miranda Andrea (2013-10-14)I argue in my dissertation that Robert John Thornton's (1768?-1837) Temple of Flora (folio 1799-1807, quarto 1812), also entitled "The Universal Empire of Love," represents personified botanical flowers of the British ...