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9781851095247

Science in the Contemporary World

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    9781851095247

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    1851095241

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-15
  • Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

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This work is a unique introductory A-Z resource detailing the scientific achievements of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends, discoveries, and personalities of the modern age.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Topic Finder xxiii
Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia
A
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
1(2)
Agriculture
3(3)
Alvarez, Luis W. (1911-1988), and Walter Alvarez (1940-)
6(1)
Anthropology
7(2)
Apollo Project
9(2)
Archaeology
11(2)
Artificial Intelligence
13(1)
Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992)
14(2)
Associations
16(1)
Astronomy
17(4)
B
Bardeen, John (1908-1991)
21(1)
Barghoorn, Elso (1915-1984)
22(1)
Barton, Derek (1918-1998)
23(1)
Bell Burnell, Jocelyn (1943-)
23(2)
Berners-Lee, Timothy (1955-)
25(1)
Big Bang Theory and Steady State Theory
26(2)
Big Science
28(3)
Bioethics
31(2)
Biology and the Life Sciences
33(3)
Biotechnology
36(1)
Birth Control Pill
37(3)
Black Holes
40(1)
Boyer, Herbert (1936-)
41(1)
Broecker, Wallace S. (1931-)
42(3)
C
Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)
45(1)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
46(1)
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)
47(1)
Chaos Theory
48(1)
Chemistry
49(2)
Chomsky, Noam (1928-)
51(1)
Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-)
52(1)
Cloning
53(2)
Cognitive Science
55(1)
Cohen, Stanley N. (1935-)
56(1)
Cold Fusion
57(1)
Cold War
58(2)
Computers
60(3)
Cousteau, Jacques (1910-1997)
63(1)
Creationism
64(2)
Crick, Francis (1916-2004)
66(1)
Crutzen, Paul (1933-)
67(2)
D
Dawkins, Richard (1941-)
69(1)
Deep-Core Drilling
70(1)
Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
70(2)
Dobzhansky, Theodosius (1900-1975)
72(1)
Dyson, Freeman (1923-)
73(2)
E
Earthquakes
75(1)
Ecology
76(3)
Economics
79(2)
Edelman, Gerald M. (1929-)
81(2)
Edwards, Robert (1925-)
83(1)
Ehrlich, Paul R. (1932-)
84(1)
El Nino
85(1)
Elion, Gertrude B. (1918-1999)
86(1)
Enders, John (1897-1985)
87(1)
Engelbart, Douglas (1925-)
88(1)
Environmental Movement
89(4)
Ethics
93(1)
European Space Agency
94(1)
Evolution
95(3)
Extrasolar Planets
98(3)
F
Feminism
101(1)
Feynman, Richard (1918-1988)
102(1)
Fossey, Dian (1932-1985)
103(2)
Foundations
105(1)
Franklin, Rosiland (1920-1958)
106(1)
Fuller, Buckminster (1895-1983)
107(4)
G
Gamow, George (1904-1968)
111(1)
Gell-Mann, Murray (1929-)
112(1)
Genetics
113(2)
Geology
115(2)
Gilbert, Walter (1932-)
117(2)
Glashow, Sheldon L. (1932-)
119(1)
Global Warming
119(2)
Goodall, Jane (1934-)
121(2)
Gould, Stephen Jay (1941-2002)
123(1)
Grand Unified Theory
123(2)
Green Revolution
125(2)
H
Harlow, Harry F. (1905-1981)
127(1)
Hawking, Stephen (1942-)
128(1)
Hess, Harry (1906-1969)
129(1)
History of Science
130(2)
Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910-1994)
132(2)
Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001)
134(1)
Human Genome Project
135(2)
Hydrogen Bomb
137(4)
I
In Vitro Fertilization
141(1)
Integrated Circuits
142(2)
International Geophysical Year (1957-1958)
144(2)
Internet
146(3)
J
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
149(2)
K
Kinsey, Alfred C. (1894-1956)
151(1)
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth (1926-2004)
152(2)
Kuhn, Thomas S. (1922-1996)
154(1)
Kuno, Hisashi (1910-1969)
155(2)
L
Lasers
157(2)
Leakey Family
159(2)
Levi-Montalcini, Rita (1909-)
161(1)
Levi-Strauss, Claude (1908-)
162(2)
Libby, Willard F. (1908-1980)
164(1)
Lorenz, Edward N. (1917-)
164(1)
Lorenz, Konrad (1903-1989)
165(1)
Lovelock, James (1919-)
166(1)
Lysenko, Trofim (1898-1976)
167(2)
M
Mandelbrot, Benoit (1924-)
169(7)
Margulis, Lynn (1938-)
176
Masters, William H. (1915-2001), and Virginia Johnson (1925-)
172(1)
Mathematics
173(2)
Mayer, Maria Goeppert (1906-1972)
175(1)
Mayr, Ernst (1904-)
176(1)
McClintock, Barbara (1902-1992)
177(1)
Medawar, Peter (1915-1987)
178(1)
Media and Popular Culture
179(1)
Medicine
180(2)
Meteorology
182(3)
Microbiology
185(2)
Miller, Stanley L. (1930-)
187(1)
Minsky, Marvin (1927-)
188(1)
Molina, Mario (1943-)
188(1)
Monod, Jacques (1910-1976)
189(2)
Muller, K. Alex (1927-)
191(2)
N
Nambu, Yoichiro (1921-)
193(1)
Nanotechnology
194(1)
Nash, John F. (1928-)
195(1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
196(2)
National Geographic Society
198(1)
National Institutes of Health
199(1)
National Science Foundation
200(1)
Neumann, John von (1903-1957)
201(2)
Neuroscience
203(2)
Neutrinos
205(1)
Nobel Prizes
206(2)
Nuclear Physics
208(3)
Nusslein-Volhard, Christiane (1942-)
211(2)
O
Oceanography
213(2)
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)
215(1)
Organ Transplants
216(2)
Ozone Layer and Chlorofluorocarbons
218(3)
P
Particle Accelerators
221(2)
Particle Physics
223(2)
Pauling, Linus (1901-1994)
225(1)
Penrose, Roger (1931-)
226(1)
Pharmacology
227(3)
Philosophy of Science
230(1)
Physics
231(2)
Plate Tectonics
233(1)
Popper, Karl (1902-1994)
234(1)
Population Studies
235(2)
Prions
237(1)
Psychology
238(4)
Pulsars
242(3)
Q
Quasars
245(2)
R
Religion
247(2)
Rogers, Carl R. (1902-1987)
249(1)
Rowland, F. Sherwood (1927-)
250(3)
S
Sabin, Albert (1906-1993)
253(1)
Sagan, Carl (1934-1996)
254(2)
Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989)
256(1)
Salk, Jonas (1914-1995)
257(2)
Sanger, Frederick (1918-)
259(1)
Satellites
260(3)
Schwinger, Julian (1918-1994)
263(1)
Science Fiction
263(2)
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
265(3)
Selye, Hans (1907-1982)
268(1)
Shoemaker, Eugene (1928-1997)
269(1)
Shoemaker-Levy Comet Impact
270(1)
Skinner, B. F. (1904-1990)
271(2)
Smallpox Vaccination Campaign
273(1)
Social Constructionism
274(1)
Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
275(2)
Sociology of Science
277(1)
Soviet Academy of Sciences
278(1)
Soviet Union
279(2)
Space Exploration and Space Science
281(4)
Steptoe, Patrick (1913-1988)
285(1)
Symbiosis
286(3)
T
Telescopes
289(2)
Teller, Edward (1908-2003)
291(2)
Third World Science
293(1)
Tsui, Daniel C. (1939-)
294(1)
Tsui, Lap-Chee (1950-)
295(2)
U
Undersea Exploration
297(2)
Universities
299(2)
V
Volcanoes
301(2)
Voyager Spacecraft
303(2)
W
War
305(1)
Watson, James D. (1928-)
306(2)
Wheeler, John A. (1911-)
308(1)
Wiles, Andrew (1953-)
309(1)
Wilson, Edward O. (1929-)
310(2)
Wilson, John Tuzo (1908-1993)
312(1)
World Health Organization
313(1)
Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997)
314(3)
Y
Yalow, Rosalyn (1921-)
317(2)
Chronology 319(8)
Selected Bibliography 327(10)
Index 337(45)
About the Author 382

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