Considers the influences of biology on English literature between 1500 and 1900. Public education and interest in the biological sciences is examined from the viewpoints of medicine, agriculture, and natural history. Trends in literature are reviewed chronologically by century. (CS)

Outlines the history of the terms "derivation,""affix," and "prefix," and of the corresponding grammatical notions, from their origins in the ancient Latin and Hebrew grammars to present day usage. Discusses concepts developed by classic and medieval philosophers on grammatical terminology and theory. (MES)

A discussion of the periodic table of the elements and the role it has played in the synthesis of man-made elements. (BB)

Reviews Einstein's main contributions to physics, and analyzes the importance of a coherent body of theory. Einstein's involvement in nonscientific issues such as nuclear disarmament is also included. (HM)

Reviews history of "recombinant DNA" research, including early experiments and origins of bioethical debates between concerned scientists. Discusses National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines and accompanying Environmental Impact statement regarding recombinant DNA research and possibilities of human error covered by neither…

Presents two illustrations and accompanying text about carbon dioxide toxicity taken from an 1886 textbook. (MLH)

Presents a translated reprinting of an article that appeared in a Russian scientific journal in 1971 about some life incidents and beliefs of the physicist Landau. (MLH)

Describes an approach to teaching physics to science teachers using the history of science. Reports that history becomes more useful to teachers when explicitly combined with investigative experimentation, which in turn can benefit from various uses of the history of science. Contains 18 references. (JRH)

Describes an approach to teaching atomic, nuclear, and particle physics using the history of the most important discoveries in that field. Uses the manuscripts, first publications, measurements and data of initial discoveries, and the photos of apparatus and of famous physicists to arouse student interest. Presents examples from the life and work…

Describes a curriculum for teaching evolution in an introductory biology class. The historically based instruction improved the students' understanding of evolution as contrasted with traditional instruction. An increased use of Darwinian ideas, and a decreased use of non-Darwinian ideas were also noted. (AIM)

Analyzes how electric and magnetic lines of force were conceived by Faraday and how they are understood by a group of Argentine university students after receiving instruction. Results show that many students possess ideas similar to those of Faraday in that lines of force are conceived as real physical entities responsible for the transmission of…

Reports on an exploratory study of the ideas that students in the fourth semester of engineering have about conservation. Reviews the Piagetian position on the importance of conservations in logical operational structures in child development. Discusses the development of conservations in science during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and…

Outlines an instructional approach that involves the collecting of stamps to lower student's resistance to the study of physics and raise their interest in the history of the subject. (ZWH)

Highlights the connection between the achievements of Moseley and the spectrum of the hydrogen atom, the Bohr theory, and Slater's rules for screening constants. Uses modern data to show that Moseley's equation is actually an approximation and discusses the significance of this fact. (JRH)

Discusses the hermeneutic-phenomenological investigation of natural science, in which understanding plays a role comparable to creative construction. Suggests that the role of interpretation and hermeneutics is tied to the educative or "study-mode" of science and that this mode can apparently be found at all levels and stages of science.…