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Peer reviewedMolella, Arthur P. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Selected are three pioneers who invented the history of technology: Abbott P. Usher, Lewis Mumford, and Sigfried Giedion. Their careers, publications, and contributions to the history of technology are described. (YP)
Descriptors: History, Inventions, Science and Society, Science History
Download full textBrown, Kenneth E.; Kinsella, John J. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
The increased competition in technical advancement has made the need for high quality scientists, engineers, and technicians stand out in bold relief. Better instruction in mathematics in our public schools can make a contribution to the quality of our scientific personnel. If research findings are implemented in the classroom they likewise can…
Descriptors: Scientific Personnel, Educational Change, Educational Research, Mathematics Instruction
Bilstein, 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
Jenkins, Edward S., Ed. – 1975
Presented are the stories of 12 notable black scientists and inventors. Each individual was selected for scientific and inventive excellence with the added accounts of their excellence as citizens, family men, and humanitarians. (Author/RE)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Black History, Black Influences
PDF pending restorationBrown, Kenneth E.; Johnson, Philip G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953
The Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that participated in planning for and publishing this bulletin is composed of representatives of seventeen national scientific and mathematical societies including representatives from the associated teaching…
Descriptors: Scientific Personnel, Scientific Research, Educational Change, Science Instruction
