Scientific Societies in the United StatesColumbia University Press, 1958 - 297 pages Looks at scientific societies in the United States such as the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian Institute, and others including municipal societies for their pursuits of many scientific branches from anthropology to zoology. |
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Page 87
... physicist of the first order , wrote extensively in the clos- ing decades of the nineteenth century . Johns Hopkins became a center of physics research . Among the students trained there , who became especially distinguished in physics ...
... physicist of the first order , wrote extensively in the clos- ing decades of the nineteenth century . Johns Hopkins became a center of physics research . Among the students trained there , who became especially distinguished in physics ...
Page 104
... physics . " 30 The society promptly began to issue a Bulletin , and in 1893 began the Physical Review . To these , within recent years , the Physical Review Supplement , later changed to Reviews of Modern Physics , has been added . The ...
... physics . " 30 The society promptly began to issue a Bulletin , and in 1893 began the Physical Review . To these , within recent years , the Physical Review Supplement , later changed to Reviews of Modern Physics , has been added . The ...
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... Physics was established by joint action of the American Physical Society , the Optical Society of America , the Acoustical Society of America , and the Society of Rheology for the purpose of better coordinating research in physics . 6 ...
... Physics was established by joint action of the American Physical Society , the Optical Society of America , the Acoustical Society of America , and the Society of Rheology for the purpose of better coordinating research in physics . 6 ...
Contents
Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America | 1 |
National Growth 18001865 | 28 |
The Triumph of Specialization 18661918 | 85 |
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