Sharon E Kingsland
Biographic Data
| ID | 1147765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon E Kingsland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon E |
| FAMILY NAME | Kingsland |
| SIGNATURE | KINGSLAND S E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Tribute to Caroline Catherine Hannaway (1943–2024)
Maintaining Continuity through a Scientific Revolution
A rereading of the American scientific literature on sex determination from 1902 to 1926 leads to a different understanding of the construction of the Mendelian-chromosome theory after 1910. There was significant intellectual continuity, which has not been properly appreciated, underlying this scientific "revolution." After reexamining the relationship between the ideas of key scientists, in particular Edmund B. Wilson and Thomas Hunt Morgan, I a…
Making Sense of Life
Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the scientific analysis of problems of growth and development using mathematical methods, metaphors, and models. She mostly sticks to developmental biology, but touches on physiology, morphology, and genetics in their relation to embryology. Instead of a continuous historical narrative, she presents case studies from the early twentieth century to the present. Most chapters focus on one or two key individuals who serve…
Profession of Conscience
Reviewed by: Profession of Conscience: The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences Liberalism Sharon Kingsland Robert Hunt Sprinkle. Profession of Conscience: The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences Liberalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 257 pp. $24.95; £21.50. Robert Hunt Sprinkle’s book is an episodic survey of various topics involving medical ethics, designed to persuade his fellow physicians to commit themselves to humanitarian …
Modeling nature
The Battling Botanist
The Battling Botanist
Maintaining Continuity through a Scientific Revolution
A rereading of the American scientific literature on sex determination from 1902 to 1926 leads to a different understanding of the construction of the Mendelian-chromosome theory after 1910. There was significant intellectual continuity, which has not been properly appreciated, underlying this scientific "revolution." After reexamining the relationship between the ideas of key scientists, in particular Edmund B. Wilson and Thomas Hunt Morgan, I a…
The Battling Botanist
Modeling nature
Profession of Conscience
Reviewed by: Profession of Conscience: The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences Liberalism Sharon Kingsland Robert Hunt Sprinkle. Profession of Conscience: The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences Liberalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 257 pp. $24.95; £21.50. Robert Hunt Sprinkle’s book is an episodic survey of various topics involving medical ethics, designed to persuade his fellow physicians to commit themselves to humanitarian …
Making Sense of Life
Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the scientific analysis of problems of growth and development using mathematical methods, metaphors, and models. She mostly sticks to developmental biology, but touches on physiology, morphology, and genetics in their relation to embryology. Instead of a continuous historical narrative, she presents case studies from the early twentieth century to the present. Most chapters focus on one or two key individuals who serve…
Maintaining Continuity through a Scientific Revolution
A rereading of the American scientific literature on sex determination from 1902 to 1926 leads to a different understanding of the construction of the Mendelian-chromosome theory after 1910. There was significant intellectual continuity, which has not been properly appreciated, underlying this scientific "revolution." After reexamining the relationship between the ideas of key scientists, in particular Edmund B. Wilson and Thomas Hunt Morgan, I a…
A Tribute to Caroline Catherine Hannaway (1943–2024)
Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)