Susan Sheets-Pyenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 131993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Sheets-Pyenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheets-Pyenson |
| SIGNATURE | SHEETS-PYENSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
George Gordon: An Annotated Catalogue of His Scientific Correspondence . Michael Collie , Susan Bennett
John William Dawson: Faith, Hope, and Science
Dawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations, which culminated in the publication of Acadian Geology. He became principal of McGill University in 1855 and over the next forty years worked unceasingly to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school" into a scientific institution of the highest rank. He was the only …
An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn and Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935. Ronald Rainger
Pearls before swine ́: Sir William Dawson's Bakerian lecture of 1870
In a remarkable breach of tradition, the Royal Society of London refused to publish the Bakerian lecture of 1870, delivered by the Canadian naturalist John William (later, Sir William) Dawson, F.R.S., who discussed the pre-Carboniferous flora of northeastern America. The background to this incident reveals the variety of difficulties confronting scientists who worked in colonial situations.The necessity of conducting their scientific affairs at a…
Scientia Canadensis. James Hull
Nature in Its Greatest Extent: Western Science in the Pacific . Roy MacLeod , Philip F. Rehbock
Inventing Canada: Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation. Suzanne Zeller
New Directions for Scientific Biography: The Case of Sir William Dawson
Science in the Provinces: Scientific Communities and Provincial Leadership in France, 1860-1930. Mary Jo Nye
Cathedrals of Science: The Development of Colonial Natural History Museums during the Late Nineteenth Century
The movement of the late nineteenth century resulted in the creation and expansion of museums throughout Europe and North America and stimulated institutional development in far-flung quarters of the globe. From Melbourne to Montreal, museums were founded and revitalized. By examining the development of natural history museums in Australasia, Canada, and South America, Susan Sheets-Pyenson shows how colonial museum directors mobilized resources f…
Technology and the Canadian Mind: Innis/McLuhan/Grant
Critical Issues in the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine . Richard A. Jarrell, Arnold E. Roos
Wiley: One Hundred and Seventy Five Years of Publishing . John Hammond Moore, A. Wayne Anderson
War and Peace in Natural History Publishing: The Naturalist's Library, 1833-1843
Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens . Lucile H. Brockway
Savoir scientifique et pouvoir social: L'Ecole polytechnique 1794-1914. Terry Shinn
Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeois , by Maurice Crosland
"Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeois, by Maurice Crosland." Canadian Journal of History, 15(1), pp. 129–130
Cathedrals of Science: The Development of Colonial Natural History Museums during the Late Nineteenth Century
The movement of the late nineteenth century resulted in the creation and expansion of museums throughout Europe and North America and stimulated institutional development in far-flung quarters of the globe. From Melbourne to Montreal, museums were founded and revitalized. By examining the development of natural history museums in Australasia, Canada, and South America, Susan Sheets-Pyenson shows how colonial museum directors mobilized resources f…
New Directions for Scientific Biography: The Case of Sir William Dawson
Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeois , by Maurice Crosland
"Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeois, by Maurice Crosland." Canadian Journal of History, 15(1), pp. 129–130
War and Peace in Natural History Publishing: The Naturalist's Library, 1833-1843
Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens . Lucile H. Brockway
Savoir scientifique et pouvoir social: L'Ecole polytechnique 1794-1914. Terry Shinn
Wiley: One Hundred and Seventy Five Years of Publishing . John Hammond Moore, A. Wayne Anderson
Critical Issues in the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine . Richard A. Jarrell, Arnold E. Roos
Cathedrals of Science: The Development of Colonial Natural History Museums during the Late Nineteenth Century
The movement of the late nineteenth century resulted in the creation and expansion of museums throughout Europe and North America and stimulated institutional development in far-flung quarters of the globe. From Melbourne to Montreal, museums were founded and revitalized. By examining the development of natural history museums in Australasia, Canada, and South America, Susan Sheets-Pyenson shows how colonial museum directors mobilized resources f…
Technology and the Canadian Mind: Innis/McLuhan/Grant
Science in the Provinces: Scientific Communities and Provincial Leadership in France, 1860-1930. Mary Jo Nye
Nature in Its Greatest Extent: Western Science in the Pacific . Roy MacLeod , Philip F. Rehbock
Inventing Canada: Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation. Suzanne Zeller
New Directions for Scientific Biography: The Case of Sir William Dawson
Pearls before swine ́: Sir William Dawson's Bakerian lecture of 1870
In a remarkable breach of tradition, the Royal Society of London refused to publish the Bakerian lecture of 1870, delivered by the Canadian naturalist John William (later, Sir William) Dawson, F.R.S., who discussed the pre-Carboniferous flora of northeastern America. The background to this incident reveals the variety of difficulties confronting scientists who worked in colonial situations.The necessity of conducting their scientific affairs at a…
Scientia Canadensis. James Hull
An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn and Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935. Ronald Rainger
John William Dawson: Faith, Hope, and Science
Dawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations, which culminated in the publication of Acadian Geology. He became principal of McGill University in 1855 and over the next forty years worked unceasingly to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school" into a scientific institution of the highest rank. He was the only …
George Gordon: An Annotated Catalogue of His Scientific Correspondence . Michael Collie , Susan Bennett
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