Author: University of Virginia. Alumni Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Directory of the Living Alumni of the University of Virginia, 1931
Author: University of Virginia. Alumni Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Segregation's Science
Author: Gregory Michael Dorr
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813927552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
"Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black and Native American from white. Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813927552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
"Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black and Native American from white. Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed."--BOOK JACKET.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Publisher:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Library Contributions
Author: College of William and Mary
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science
Author: Richard Taibi
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319445189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This fascinating portrait of an amateur astronomy movement tells the story of how Charles Olivier recruited a hard-working cadre of citizen scientists to rehabilitate the study of meteors. By 1936, Olivier and members of his American Meteor Society had succeeded in disproving an erroneous idea about meteor showers. Using careful observations, they restored the public’s trust in predictions about periodic showers and renewed respect for meteor astronomy among professional astronomers in the United States. Charles Olivier and his society of observers who were passionate about watching for meteors in the night sky left a major impact on the field. In addition to describing Olivier’s career and describing his struggles with competitive colleagues in a hostile scientific climate, the author provides biographies of some of the scores of women and men of all ages who aided Olivier in making shower observations, from the Leonids and Perseids and others. Half of these amateur volunteers were from 13 to 25 years of age. Their work allowed Olivier and the AMS to contradict the fallacious belief in stationary and long-enduring meteor showers, bringing the theory of their origin into alignment with celestial mechanics. Thanks to Olivier and his collaborators, the study of meteors took a great leap forward in the twentieth century to earn a place as a worthy topic of study among professional astronomers.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319445189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This fascinating portrait of an amateur astronomy movement tells the story of how Charles Olivier recruited a hard-working cadre of citizen scientists to rehabilitate the study of meteors. By 1936, Olivier and members of his American Meteor Society had succeeded in disproving an erroneous idea about meteor showers. Using careful observations, they restored the public’s trust in predictions about periodic showers and renewed respect for meteor astronomy among professional astronomers in the United States. Charles Olivier and his society of observers who were passionate about watching for meteors in the night sky left a major impact on the field. In addition to describing Olivier’s career and describing his struggles with competitive colleagues in a hostile scientific climate, the author provides biographies of some of the scores of women and men of all ages who aided Olivier in making shower observations, from the Leonids and Perseids and others. Half of these amateur volunteers were from 13 to 25 years of age. Their work allowed Olivier and the AMS to contradict the fallacious belief in stationary and long-enduring meteor showers, bringing the theory of their origin into alignment with celestial mechanics. Thanks to Olivier and his collaborators, the study of meteors took a great leap forward in the twentieth century to earn a place as a worthy topic of study among professional astronomers.
Virginiana in the Printed Book Collections of the Virginia State Library
Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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University of Virginia Alumni News
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Book of Brown; the History of a Family
Author: Channing Bolton Brown
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Brown family of America, principally Virginia, abt. 1700 A.D.
Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Brown family of America, principally Virginia, abt. 1700 A.D.
Directory of the Living Alumni of the University of Virginia
Author: University of Virginia. Alumni Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description