Contains a short history of the development of industrial chemistry. (BB)

Describes the history of hot-air balloon travel, starting with its French origins and continuing through to the 1978 national championship. An address for Balloon Federation of America membership is included. (MA)

In this article a philosophy teacher looks at some of the questions raised by the concept of evolution and what biologists have said about them throughout the ages. (BB)

The congress of the International Committee for the History of Geology held in September at Munster, West Germany, had as its theme regional influences on the history of geology. (Author/BB)

Describes the historical uses of popular plant roots such as mandrake, ginseng, chicory, belladonna, and blood root. Besides the text, information is organized into a table presenting use, application, and constituents. (MA)

Examines Piaget's learning theories and his endorsement of the biological viewpoints of Jean Baptiste de Lamarck. Particular points in Piaget's theories and their relationships to Lamarck's biology are discussed. (CP)

Fifteen National Science Foundation personnel met with Stephen Toulmin to discuss topics/issues related to pluralism and responsibility in post-modern science. Presented is an edited transcript of this roundtable/discussion (part of a series of roundtables which examined theoretical/practical aspects of how the nature of scientific progress is…

Describes the use of free-electron lasers as a source of coherent radiation over a broad range of wavelengths from the far-infrared to the far-ultraviolet regions of the spectrum. Discusses some applications of these lasers, including medicine and strategic defense. (TW)

Discusses recent work on scientific institutions in the United States, indicating that although historians have explored the origins of institutions, few have pursued these organizations into their later and perhaps equally complex years. Learned/professional organizations, museums, publications, and philanthropy are among the major topic areas…

Discusses differing views of the science and technology relationship held by policymakers (with budgets to defend) and historians of science and technology (largely without budgets). Focuses on the period after 1945 when leaders of United States science agencies propagandized an older idea that only "basic" science led to technology/technological…

Explores the history of science in America from the viewpoint of access to sources. Considered are a number of specific bibliographic and other reference works, as well as important recent projects and developments that aim to preserve and improve access to archival and other documentation and historical data for future use. (JN)

Presents highlights of the history of chemical education for each 50-year period between 1776 and the present. (MLH)

Discusses the chemistry curricula of the 40 educational institutions established in America prior to 1820. (MLH)

Presents a lecture on why substances of nature combine, written as though it were composed by Joseph Priestley. (MLH)

Presents a table of events that lists chronologically, in parallel columns, major occurrences in the histories of both the United States and science, as well as the names of individuals normally associated with an event or period. (MLH)