This article, based on a talk the author gave to the 'Innominates', an interdisciplinary faculty group at the University of Chicago, focuses on events of the years surrounding the British Expeditions to Brazil and West Africa in 1919 that led to the confirmation of Einstein's theory of relativity. (BT)

Discusses whether or not science is a search for truth, and the relationship of science to knowledge throughout history. (MLH)

Using the Velikovsky affair, the author describes how scientists are often constrained by their own ideas and sometimes have difficulty observing phenomena from a new point of view. (BR)

Many talented physicists who fled Europe during the rise of fascist regimes came to the United States to escape various kinds of persecution. The role and accomplishments of these scientists in enriching the science community in the United States are discussed. (JN)

Darwin's impact on science is perhaps greater than that of most contemporary and recent scientists. His views on moral values, humbleness, integrated search for truth instead of specialized study, and nature study are in contrast to many typical modern scientists. (PS)

The final installment of the author's recollections of his work with physicists Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard and others in developing the first controlled nuclear chain reaction and in preparing the test explosion of the first atomic bomb. (GS)

The author describes a 1934 visit to the Berkeley radiation laboratory. The state of physics at that time and the life of persons doing basic physics research in radiation are discussed. (JP)

The recollections of a nuclear pioneer provide a perspective of historical developments in atomic energy. (PEB)

Examines the extent to which national influence on the conduct of basic and applied science may be beneficial. Cautions against being over-zealous in humanizing science and describes the type of national policy necessary for the success of Canadian science and technology in the coming decades. (GS)

The author recounts the part he played in the research that led to the development of the atomic bomb. (JP)

Discusses the Franck report and the attempt by scientists to participate in national policy making during World War II. (BR)

A historian looks back at the classic "science and society" debate in England before World War II and examines its impact on mid-century thought on both sides of the Atlantic. (Author/BT)

The changing role of the physical scientist in society is traced from the first atomic bomb explosion in the New Mexican desert in 1945 to the present. Both the good and bad points of the changes brought upon the world by the rapid development of nuclear energy are discussed. (BT)

A historian looks back at the dropping of the atomic bomb; in hindsight the political and moral consequences are plain, but at the time the decision reflected an overwhelming American consensus. (BT)

Discusses the influence of tradition in science on selection of scientific problems and methods and on the use of concepts as tools for research work. Indicates that future research studies will be directed toward the change of fundamental concepts in such fields as astrophysics, molecular biology, and environmental science. (CC)