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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... existence . The constitution which this body adopted in 1766 reflects the fact that its members not only were striving to promote their professional interest , but they were also quite consciously interested in the promotion of medical ...
... existence . The constitution which this body adopted in 1766 reflects the fact that its members not only were striving to promote their professional interest , but they were also quite consciously interested in the promotion of medical ...
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... existence was not adapted to serving as a national academy of sciences . First of all , the conferring of such a signal honor upon any society already in existence would have led to undesirable jealousies and charges of provincialism ...
... existence was not adapted to serving as a national academy of sciences . First of all , the conferring of such a signal honor upon any society already in existence would have led to undesirable jealousies and charges of provincialism ...
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... existence in the forties included : the American Psychosomatic So- ciety , Incorporated ( 1943 ) ; the Bronx Society of Neurology and Psy- chiatry ( 1946 ) ; the Association for Physical and Mental Rehabilitation ( 1946 ) ; the American ...
... existence in the forties included : the American Psychosomatic So- ciety , Incorporated ( 1943 ) ; the Bronx Society of Neurology and Psy- chiatry ( 1946 ) ; the Association for Physical and Mental Rehabilitation ( 1946 ) ; the American ...
Contents
Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America | 1 |
National Growth 18001865 | 28 |
The Triumph of Specialization 18661918 | 85 |
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