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 96
... period of increasing specialization that the new national societies should be devoted to specialties . It was also inevitable that , in an era of rapid industrial development , a strong impulse should be given in the direction of ...
... period of increasing specialization that the new national societies should be devoted to specialties . It was also inevitable that , in an era of rapid industrial development , a strong impulse should be given in the direction of ...
Page 136
... period treated in the next chapter , and they are fully discussed there . A survey of the period 1866-1918 reveals the triumph of the ideal of specialization among the scientists . Numerous national and local spe- cialized societies ...
... period treated in the next chapter , and they are fully discussed there . A survey of the period 1866-1918 reveals the triumph of the ideal of specialization among the scientists . Numerous national and local spe- cialized societies ...
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... period of our study finds scientific societies firmly and apparently permanently entrenched among American intellectual institutions . Before turning to our study of scientific societies in contemporary American life , it will be well ...
... period of our study finds scientific societies firmly and apparently permanently entrenched among American intellectual institutions . Before turning to our study of scientific societies in contemporary American life , it will be well ...
Contents
Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America | 1 |
National Growth 18001865 | 28 |
The Triumph of Specialization 18661918 | 85 |
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