A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science. _ Covers topics including astronomy, agriculture, chemistry, eugenics, Big Science, military technology, and more _ Features contributions by the most accomplished scholars in the field of science history _ Covers pivotal events in U.S. history that shaped the development of science and science policy such as WWII, the Cold War, and the Women's Rights movement
A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science. _ Covers topics including astronomy, agriculture, chemistry, eugenics, Big Science, military technology, and more _ Features contributions by the most accomplished scholars in the field of science history _ Covers pivotal events in U.S. history that shaped the development of science and science policy such as WWII, the Cold War, and the Women's Rights movement
Georgina M. Montgomery is Associate Professor of Science History at Michigan State University. She is co-editor of Making Animal Meaning (2011) and author of Primates in the Real World: Escaping Primate Folklore and Creating Primate Science (2015). Mark A. Largent is Professor and Associate Dean of Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University. He is the author of Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America (2012) and Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States (2007).
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Notes on Contributors xi
Introduction 1 Georgina M. Montgomery and Mark A. Largent
Part I Disciplines 7
1 Agricultural Sciences 9 Samantha Noll
2 Anthropology 21 Adrian Young
3 Astronomy and Astrophysics 33 Peter J. Susalla
4 Chemistry 44 Ann E. Robinson
5 Computer Science 55 Stephanie Dick
6 Conservation Biology 69 Christian C. Young
7 Economics 82 Ross B. Emmett
8 Experimental Psychology 95 Jim Wynter Porter
9 Genetics 110 Melinda Gormley
10 Geophysics 120 Matthew Shindell
11 Marine Biology 134 Samantha Muka
12 Medical Genetics 147 Andrew J. Hogan
13 Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 160 James Bergman
14 Molecular and Cellular Biology 174 Lijing Jiang
15 Nuclear, High Energy, and Solid State Physics 186 Joseph D. Martin
16 Nutrition 199 Jessica Mudry
17 Paleoanthropology and Human Evolution 213 Matthew R. Goodrum
18 Paleontology 227 Paul D. Brinkman
19 Ecology 241 Gina Rumore
20 Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology 252 Abraham H. Gibson and Michael Ruse
21 Sociology 263 Sebasti ´an Gil-Ria~no
22 Space and Planetary Sciences 276 Erik M. Conway
Part II Topics 289
23 Biotechnology 291 Nathan Crowe
24 Darwinism 306 Adam M. Goldstein
25 Science Education 320 Adam R. Shapiro
26 Environmental Science 333 Daniel Zizzamia
27 The American Eugenics Movement 345 Christine Neejer
28 Evolution and Creation Debates 361 Arthur Ward
29 Field and Laboratory 374 Jeremy Vetter
30 Gender and Science 385 Donald L. Opitz
31 The Germ Theory 397 Jacob Steere-Williams
32 Instrumentation 408 Sara J. Schechner
33 Science and Literature 420 Stephen Rachman
34 Museums 431 Amy Kohout
35 Natural History 444 Pamela M. Henson
36 Nature Study 456 Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
37 Science and Policy 468 Kevin C. Elliott
38 Popularizing Science 479 Constance Areson Clark
39 Science and Postcolonialism 491 Banu Subramaniam
