SAPERE-AUDE
HISTORY OF SCIENCE



Essays & Articles
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Pathways of Discovery
AAAS Millennial Series of Essays and Timelines, with ongoing updates: 

Introduction:
Deconstructing the "Science Wars" by Reconstructing an Old Mold - by  Stephen Jay Gould 

Planetary Science:
A Space Odyssey
by David J. Stevenson 

Genomics:
Journey to the Center of Biology by Eric S. Lander and Robert A. Weinberg 

Infectious Diseases: Infectious History by Joshua Lederberg 

Materials Science: Designing a New Material World by Gregory B. Olson 

Cloning and Stem Cells: 
Cloning: Pathways to a Pluripotent Future by Anne McLaren 

Communications and 
     Science: 
The Quickening of Science Communication by Robert Lucky 

Quantum Physics:
One Hundred Years of Quantum Physics by Daniel Kleppner and Roman Jackiw 

The Cell Cycle: 
The Incredible Life and Times of Biological Cells by Paul Nurse 

Atmospheric Sciences: 
The Ascent of Atmospheric Sciences by Paul J. Crutzen and Veerabhadran Ramanathan 

Neuroscience:
Breaking Down Scientific Barriers to the Study of Brain and Mind by Eric R. Kandel and Larry R. Squire 

Astrophysics and Cosmology:
Piecing Together the Biggest Puzzle of All by Martin J. Rees 



 

  The Great Minds of the (20th) Century
Time 100 edition, March 29, 1999 

How fast can we go? 
Discover (Jan 2000) 
Will the world be run by technicians? 

A century in science
Discover (Jan 2000) 
Timeline of some 282 advances in science and technology 

A century of science
by Jim Wilson 
Popular Mechanics (Jan 2000) 

Principal Methodology
Heuristic for Substantive Studies in History of Science, Technology & Medicine 

by Igor L. Mestman 
Sapere-Aude (Aug. 2001)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




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