Describes development of instruments used for temperature measurement, and discusses criteria for successful biomedical instruments, with reference to the role of bioengineers. (AL)

Reviews the history of physics teaching and the introductory physics laboratory in the United States. The Harvard List of Forty Experiments, and subsequent developments in the physics curriculum are discussed. The rationale for the introductory laboratory is established with criteria for improvements. Bibliography. (LC)

Anecdotal account of original experiments that suggest that planarian memory is stored chemically in ribonucleic acid molecules. (AL)

Traces the development of basic radiation physics that underlies much of today's medical physics and looks separately at the historical development of two major subfields of medical physics: radiation therapy and nuclear medicine. Indicates that radiation physics has made important contributions to solving biomedical problems in medical…

Considering the history of science's importance to scientists, nonscientists, and science teachers, its role in education is shown to be necessary to provide an adequate understanding of science as a major human achievement and its relationship to society. Developments in the history of science discipline are discussed. (CM)

Presents an historical survey of various theoretical schools in social psychology in the United States and divides them into two classes: the social psychology of the individual and that of the relation or group. Asserts that those theories which emphasize the individual are inadequate to explain social behavior. (Author/APM)

Discusses advances in optics research including the role of lasers and high-speed computers, image processing, medical imagery, and classical optics. (JN)

Describes how fast and in what stages earth science grew in America, using the 14,000 entries in "Bibliography of American-Published Geology: 1699-1850" as a database. Bibliometrics, a method to characterize and quantify scientific activity by analyzing published/unpublished materials as measurement of growth, of science was used.…

Suggests that a primary value of a history of science course is that it provides the student with a more profound understanding than obtained from science courses alone. However, the course should also instruct in the craft of history and communicate the role of history in shaping current thought and institutions. (KC)