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Wells, Calvin – Biology and Human Affairs, 1978
Discusses disease and genetic disorders as evolutionary mechanisms. Emphasizes the archeological evidence from past human populations and societies, mentioning albinism, scurvy, sleeping sickness, bone conditions, various host-parasite relationships, rickets, sickle-cell anemia, diabetes, and influenza. (CS)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biology, Diseases, Evolution
Peer reviewedSaltzman, Martin D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Summarizes the ideas of Sir Robert Robinson and Sir C. K. Ingold that contributed to the controversy in developing the electronic theory of organic reactions. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Models
Peer reviewedSpradley, Joseph L. – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes the scientific work of several women, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Ida Noddack, Irene Curie, Marguerite Perey, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Maria Mayer. Discusses the connections between their discoveries. Thirty-six references are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: Females, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Radioisotopes
Jones, E. L. – Biology and Human Affairs, 1978
Relates the Victorian field sport of shooting to the development of the field science of ornithology in the nineteenth century. (CS)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Higher Education, Humanism, Marksmanship
Peer reviewedSarquis, Mickey – Journal of Chemical Education, 1979
Describes the history of arsenic, the properties of arsenic, production and uses of arsenicals, arsenic in the environment; toxic levels of arsenic, arsenic in the human body, and the Marsh Test. (BT)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, Environment, Resource Materials
Download full textBilstein, Roger E. – 1989
This is a history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Main chapters included are: (1) "NACA Origins (1915-1930)"; (2) "New Facilities, New Designs (1930-1945)"; (3) "Going Supersonic (1945-1958)"; (4) "On the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Satellites (Aerospace), Science and Society, Science History
Stedman, Carlton H. – 1986
The origins of inquiry activities are discussed in this historical review and assessment of science textbooks. Approximately 80 texts (dated from 1822 to 1910) were analyzed specifically for inquiry teaching strategies. No significant patterns were detected, either by subject or time, which could support an identifiable birth of inquiry. After…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry
Piltz, Albert; Gruver, William J. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
In the elementary and secondary schools, there is a movement toward a sequential instructional program which would involve the offering of a laboratory science each year from kindergarten to high school graduation. In some schools teachers have turned to science kits as a partial solution to the problems presented by restricted space, inadequate…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science, Science Laboratories
