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) |