Simon Baatz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1070422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Baatz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Baatz |
| SIGNATURE | BAATZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Wistar Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
For the Thrill of It
When I was growing up in Chicago, parental prohibitions against speaking to strangers were often followed by the statement: “Remember little Bobby Franks.” As childhood lessons go, it was far more compelling than vague warnings about “Mr. Stranger Danger.” In 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was kidnapped in broad daylight and subsequently killed. He had been snatched off a city sidewalk less than a mile from the house where I grew up many ye…
The Gospel of Germs
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
Journal Article Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1817–1970. By Simon Baatz. (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1990. x + 269 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-89766-545-7. Paper, $55.00, ISBN 0-89766-546-5.) Get access Nancy Smith Midgette Nancy Smith Midgette Elon College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, Sept…
Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915 . Jane Maienschein
Benjamin Franklin's Science
Journal Article Benjamin Franklin's Science. By I. Bernard Cohen. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. xiv + 273 pp. $35.00.) Get access Simon Baatz Simon Baatz Wistar Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Page 302, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078128 Published: 01 June 1991
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
Squinting at Silliman
The European Journals of William Maclure . William Maclure , John S. Doskey
George William Featherstonhaugh
Enterprising Elite
Enterprising Elite
694 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made. By Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. xviii + 298; illustrations, notes, appendix, index. $27.50. Few American writers have sketched personal disintegration with such assurance as William Dean Howells in his classic novella The Rise of Silas Lapham; the climactic conflagration of Lapham’s mansion in B…
Philadelphia Patronage
Science and Society in Early America
Robert Cornelius
Latrobe's Views of America, 1795-1820
Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine
Short Reviews
SHORT REVIEWS PAUL LYONS, Philadelphia Communists 1936–1956, Temple University Press, 1982, $2.95. SIMON BAATZ SIMON BAATZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1, Autumn 1985, Pages 189-b–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/20.1.189-b Published: 01 October 1985
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Archives of the Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia . Rudolf Hirsch
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Archives of the Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia . Rudolf Hirsch
Short Reviews
SHORT REVIEWS PAUL LYONS, Philadelphia Communists 1936–1956, Temple University Press, 1982, $2.95. SIMON BAATZ SIMON BAATZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1, Autumn 1985, Pages 189-b–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/20.1.189-b Published: 01 October 1985
Latrobe's Views of America, 1795-1820
Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine
Science and Society in Early America
Robert Cornelius
Philadelphia Patronage
Enterprising Elite
Enterprising Elite
694 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made. By Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. xviii + 298; illustrations, notes, appendix, index. $27.50. Few American writers have sketched personal disintegration with such assurance as William Dean Howells in his classic novella The Rise of Silas Lapham; the climactic conflagration of Lapham’s mansion in B…
The European Journals of William Maclure . William Maclure , John S. Doskey
George William Featherstonhaugh
Benjamin Franklin's Science
Journal Article Benjamin Franklin's Science. By I. Bernard Cohen. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. xiv + 273 pp. $35.00.) Get access Simon Baatz Simon Baatz Wistar Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Page 302, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078128 Published: 01 June 1991
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
Squinting at Silliman
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
Journal Article Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1817–1970. By Simon Baatz. (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1990. x + 269 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-89766-545-7. Paper, $55.00, ISBN 0-89766-546-5.) Get access Nancy Smith Midgette Nancy Smith Midgette Elon College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, Sept…
Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915 . Jane Maienschein
Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis
The Gospel of Germs
For the Thrill of It
When I was growing up in Chicago, parental prohibitions against speaking to strangers were often followed by the statement: “Remember little Bobby Franks.” As childhood lessons go, it was far more compelling than vague warnings about “Mr. Stranger Danger.” In 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was kidnapped in broad daylight and subsequently killed. He had been snatched off a city sidewalk less than a mile from the house where I grew up many ye…
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