The history of this controversy is traced in general terms from the early Fundamentalist Movement at the close of the nineteenth century to the present time. Of special note are summaries of the more well known court cases including the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial of the mid-1920's. (Author/AJ)

Read-aloud stories are offered to introduce students to three women scientists: Barbara McClintock, Mary Anning, and Jane Goodall. Resources on these, and other women scientists, are listed. (DF)

Discusses the question posed by some that the earth's magnetic field may reverse. States that rocks magnetized by ancient fields may offer clues to the underlying reversal mechanism in the earth's core. (TW)

Describes the best-documented example of an ossuary in New England, which contained the bones of at least 56 people interred together about 1,000 years ago. Implies that the southern New England coast had a settled population centuries before the Pilgrims. (TW)

Described is recent history related to polymer science and engineering. Developments from 1920 to the current time are discussed. (RH)

Bibliographic entries are found under these major headings: history of science (general references and tools); science and its history from special points of view; histories of the special sciences; (earth science, biological sciences, social sciences, medicine, and others); and chronological classification (middle ages, India, Far East,…

Examines work of the past decade that has elucidated the place, function, and nature of science in American medicine and on the need and means to develop a more ample and balanced history of the meanings of that science. (JN)

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)

Describes some key events at the Centennial Meeting of the American Chemical Society and reflects on major chemical discoveries of the last 100 years. (MLH)

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)

In his remarkable treatise Reflexes of the Brain (1863) Sechenov developed a detailed program which, properly evaluated, laid the foundation for an objective science of psychology not only in Russia but on a world scale. (Author)

Presents the historical and physical bases of van der Waals theory on the states of matter. Article is intended for students with high school physics background. (DF)

Different units of measure are discussed, and an explanation of vocabulary and of units used in the metric system is given. (DT)