Download or read book A Glorious Enterprise written by Robert McCracken Peck and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the renowned museum recounts key moments in its evolution as a research and education center, as well as the role of such individuals as Thomas Jefferson and John James Audubon in championing its purpose.
Download or read book The Real James Bond written by Jim Wright and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated biography of the ornithologist James Bond, the author of the book Birds of the West Indies and the namesake of Ian Fleming's fictional British spy.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Marine Gastropod Family Fasciolariidae written by Martin Avery Snyder and published by Academy of Natural Sciences. This book was released on 2003 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knowing Nature written by Amy R. W. Meyers and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson, and John James Audubon, whose work has been addressed by many monographic studies. However, as the groundbreaking essays in Knowing Nature demonstrate, the examination of nature stimulated not only forms of artistic production traditionally associated with scientific practice of the day, but processes of making not ordinarily linked to science. The often surprisingly intimate connections between and among these creative activities and the objects they engendered are explored through the essays in this book, challenging the hierarchy that is generally assumed to have been at play in the study of nature, from the natural sciences through the fine and decorative arts, and, ultimately, popular and material culture. Indeed, the many ways in which the means of knowing nature were reversed--in which artistic and artisanal culture informed scientific interpretations of the natural world--forms a central theme of this pioneering publication.
Download or read book Mathematics Applied to Deterministic Problems in the Natural Sciences written by C. C. Lin and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the construction, analysis, and intepretation of mathematical models that shed light on significant problems in the physical sciences, with exercises that reinforce, test and extend the reader's understanding. It may be used as an upper level undergraduate or graduate textbook as well as a reference for researchers.
Download or read book A Short History of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia written by Edward James Nolan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the rich history of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia with this detailed account by Edward James Nolan. Written in the 1900s, this book chronicles the evolution, achievements, and contributions of the renowned institution. Nolan's meticulous research and engaging writing style make this a captivating read for history enthusiasts, scientists, and those interested in the natural sciences.
Download or read book American Entomology Or Descriptions of the Insects of North America written by Thomas Say and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Dinosaurs Matter written by Kenneth Lacovara and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth. By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological awakening, of humanity’s epic struggle to understand the nature of deep time, the meaning of fossils, and our own place on the vast and bountiful tree of life. Go on a journey––back to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth––to discover how dinosaurs achieved feats unparalleled by any other group of animals. Learn the secrets of how paleontologists find fossils, and explore quirky, but profound questions, such as: Is a penguin a dinosaur? And, how are the tiny arms of T. rex the key to its power and ferocity? In this revealing book, Lacovara offers the latest ideas about the shocking and calamitous death of the dinosaurs and ties their vulnerabilities to our own. Why Dinosaurs Matter is compelling and engaging—a great reminder that our place on this planet is both precarious and potentially fleeting. “As we move into an uncertain environmental future, it has never been more important to understand the past.”
Download or read book The Poetics of Natural History written by Christoph Irmscher and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly expanded and in full color, this groundbreaking book argues that early American natural historians had a distinctly poetic sensibility, producing work that had a visionary intensity. Covering naturalists from John James Audubon to PT Barnum, it considers not only natural history writing, but also illustrations, photographs, and actual collections of flora and fauna. Photography and all associated expenses made possible by a generous grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
Download or read book Building Drexel written by Richardson Dilworth and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with Drexel University’s 125th anniversary, Building Drexel chronicles the founding of the university by Anthony J. Drexel through to the present day. The editors and contributors create a prismatic discussion of the university and its evolution. Richly illustrated chapters cover the architectural history of notable Drexel buildings; the role of Drexel in Philadelphia’s modern history; its Greek life; sports—particularly Drexel’s history in the Big 5; and each of the university’s schools and colleges. There is a history of the medical college and law school, plus the creation of new schools such as those of biomedical engineering, science and health systems. Building Drexel also documents the civil rights history of Drexel and its urban planning history in relation to the racially diverse Powelton Village and Mantua neighborhoods it borders. This commemorative volume shows the development of the university both in the city and in the world. Contributors include: Lloyd Ackert, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Paula Marantz Cohen, Donna Marie De Carolis, Roger Dennis, Gloria Donnelly, Kevin D. Egan, Alissa Falcone, David Fenske, John A. Fry, Stephen F. Gambescia, Marla J. Gold, Charles Haas, Kathy Harvatt, Daniel Johnson, Jeannine Keefer, Larry Keiser, Michael Kelley, Jason Ludwig, Jonson Miller, Julie Mostov, Danuta A. Nitecki, Anthony M. Noce, Steven J. Peitzman, David Raizman, Tiago Saraiva, Amy E. Slaton, Nathaniel Stanton, Virginia Theerman, Laura Valenti, James Wolfinger, Eric A. Zillmer, and the editors.
Download or read book Frontiers of Science written by Cameron B. Strang and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameron Strang takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and puts the production of knowledge about the natural world in the context of competing empires and an expanding republic in the Gulf South. People often dismissed by starched northeasterners as nonintellectuals--Indian sages, African slaves, Spanish officials, Irishmen on the make, clearers of land and drivers of men--were also scientific observers, gatherers, organizers, and reporters. Skulls and stems, birds and bugs, rocks and maps, tall tales and fertile hypotheses came from them. They collected, described, and sent the objects that scientists gazed on and interpreted in polite Philadelphia. They made knowledge. Frontiers of Science offers a new framework for approaching American intellectual history, one that transcends political and cultural boundaries and reveals persistence across the colonial and national eras. The pursuit of knowledge in the United States did not cohere around democratic politics or the influence of liberty. It was, as in other empires, divided by multiple loyalties and identities, organized through contested hierarchies of ethnicity and place, and reliant on violence. By discovering the lost intellectual history of one region, Strang shows us how to recover a continent for science.
Download or read book The Geological Evidence of Evolution written by Angelo Heilprin and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the geological evidence supporting the theory of evolution, including case studies and analysis of fossil records. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of Entomology written by Ray F. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early entomology in east Asia; Early entomology in the middle east; Entomology in the western world in antiquity and in medieval; The early naturalists and anatomists during the renaissance and seventeenth century; Entomology systematizes and describes: 1700-1815; Systematics specializes between fabricius and darwin: 1800-1859; The history of paleoentomology; Evolution and phylogeny; Anatomy and morphology; The history of insect physiology; The history of insect ecology; The history of sericultural science in relation to industry; Insect pathology.
Download or read book Specimens of Hair written by Robert McCracken Peck and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strangely beautiful, utterly unique, "Specimens of Hair" presents the obsessive work of a 19th-century amateur naturalist who collected hundreds upon hundreds of specimens of hair--animal and human, Including thirteen of the first fourteen U.S. presidents--in his quest to understand the mysteries of the natural world.
Download or read book A Passion for Nature written by Keith Stewart Thomson and published by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson recorded weather observations, experimented with plant species, kept a pet mockingbird, and turned the entry hall at Monticello into a veritable natural history museum with elk and moose antlers, a grizzly bear claw, and the fossilized jaws of a mastodon. Jefferson wrote with lyrical flair about the landscapes of his mountaintop home, as he did in a 1786 letter to his friend Maria Cosway: How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet! Jefferson's deep interest in the natural world -- from the flora and fauna of Albemarle County to the exotic specimens gathered by Lewis and Clark on their trek to the Pacific -- and how it shaped his life as a philosopher, farmer, and Founding Father is the subject of A Passion for Nature: Thomas Jefferson and Natural History. --from publisher description.
Download or read book Science Grace written by Tim Morris and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science versus Christianity? Reason versus Faith? The relationship between science and Christianity is all too often framed within such modernist polarizations, even though we are now living in a postmodern world! But from a Christian perspective, if such conflict theses are to be discredited, what assumptions about the scientific endeavor, the nature of nature, reason, revelation, and knowledge should undergird the relation between science and Christianity? Science & Grace critically examines contemporary assumptions and then positively re-describes scientific endeavors in ways that encourage faithful and joyful Christian involvement in the science of our day, both as "consumers" of the fruits of scientific work and as producers of new scientific insights into God's works on display in His universe. In Science & Grace, the authors go beyond the more common focus on creation, evolution, and intelligent design to address more novel questions concerning science and Christianity. The first section reviews a variety of developments both inside and outside of science to indicate that the Enlightenment hope of a simple picture of science, providing its own foundation and sustaining power, doesn't work. The section goes on to locate a faithful Christian approach to science in the midst of the general cultural shift from modernism to postmodernism as one that thoroughly embraces the need for each worldview to give its own account of how science "works." For the Christian, this indicates the need for a theology of science. The second section approaches the relation of God to His creation through a robust trinitarian theology that highlights the divine action of the transcendent purposes of the Father, mediated through the Son, and brought to fruition by the immanent presence of the Spirit. The triune God's covenantal faithfulness to His creation is then the reason for the regularities we perceive as scientific laws. In this context, the dualistic tendency to pit "natural processes" against "supernatural intervention" perceived as miracles is shown to be an unnecessary consequence of the history of the rise of mechanism. We can thus understand science from a Christian perspective as one avenue of many through which we are able to see and respond to God's faithfulness to His covenant promises. The third section examines how doing science from a Christian perspective naturally flows from the Great Commandment to love God and neighbor, or put it another way, to love God with all our being, knowing, and doing. In terms of being, this section re-orients the meaning of our scientific work and its significance in history by exploring who humans are and what creation is in terms of their relation to God and how those relationships are impacted by the major episodes in redemptive history: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Consummation. Then knowing is described in terms of faithfully responding to God's revelation in His Word and world, responses that include both submission to "order as given" and creative stewardship in handling "order as task." Pleasing God in our knowing should be the Christian's prime concern, rather than narrowly pursuing the satisfaction of humanly formulated knowing criteria. Finally concerning the doing aspect, being good stewards of our scientific gifts requires that we "do" as confident, attentive and submissive servants who are committed to the gracious authority of His Word, His Church, and His World. In the final section, in seeking out ways to "do" as good neighbors in the scientific culture of our times, Science & Grace describes how Christians are to be good stewards of God's favor and His judgment in scientific work. We are to rejoice in the fruits of our common labors with our non-Christian colleagues but also we are not to neglect our obligation, in love, to warn them of the wrath of God that will judge persisting unbelief.
Download or read book Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia written by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members, 1812-1848 (1 p. 1., 8 p.) inserted in 2d series volume 1.
