David P D Munns
Biographic Data
| ID | 2005390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David P D Munns |
| GIVEN NAMES | David P D |
| FAMILY NAME | Munns |
| SIGNATURE | MUNNS D P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2634-9916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The age of biology
For much of the twentieth century, plant physiologists considered themselves in an ideal position to study and explain the functions and processes of plants. Much of that authority stemmed from plant physiologists' long-standing commitment to experimental control and the integration of the physical sciences into biological practice. This article places plant physiology back in the center of the story of the recent life sciences. It shows the deve…
To live among the stars
Startled by NASA’s decision to let orbiting astronauts collect their own feces in a bag for medical experiments, a pair of sanitary engineers at Berkeley designed an algae-based bio-regenerative system to recycle oxygen, water, and even nutrients. This article explains the technological choice facing the emerging space program between the infamous ‘fecal-bag’ and a now-forgotten alternative, the ‘Algatron’, in the mid-1960s. The article situates …
The phytotronist and the phenotype
The awe in which biologists hold physicists”
Controlling the Environment
David P.D. Munns earned his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 2003 working on a soon to be book entitled The Radio Astronomers: the history of an international scientific community. Currently an Assistant Professor at John Jay College in New York, he remains focused on issues of trans-national and interdisciplinary knowledge systems and technologies in recent history. Department of History, John Jay College, CUNY. 445 W.59th St. New York…
Magnetrons, micropups, and me
Explorers of the Southern Sky
The awe in which biologists hold physicists”
Controlling the Environment
David P.D. Munns earned his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 2003 working on a soon to be book entitled The Radio Astronomers: the history of an international scientific community. Currently an Assistant Professor at John Jay College in New York, he remains focused on issues of trans-national and interdisciplinary knowledge systems and technologies in recent history. Department of History, John Jay College, CUNY. 445 W.59th St. New York…
Explorers of the Southern Sky
Magnetrons, micropups, and me
Controlling the Environment
David P.D. Munns earned his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 2003 working on a soon to be book entitled The Radio Astronomers: the history of an international scientific community. Currently an Assistant Professor at John Jay College in New York, he remains focused on issues of trans-national and interdisciplinary knowledge systems and technologies in recent history. Department of History, John Jay College, CUNY. 445 W.59th St. New York…
The awe in which biologists hold physicists”
The phytotronist and the phenotype
To live among the stars
Startled by NASA’s decision to let orbiting astronauts collect their own feces in a bag for medical experiments, a pair of sanitary engineers at Berkeley designed an algae-based bio-regenerative system to recycle oxygen, water, and even nutrients. This article explains the technological choice facing the emerging space program between the infamous ‘fecal-bag’ and a now-forgotten alternative, the ‘Algatron’, in the mid-1960s. The article situates …
The age of biology
For much of the twentieth century, plant physiologists considered themselves in an ideal position to study and explain the functions and processes of plants. Much of that authority stemmed from plant physiologists' long-standing commitment to experimental control and the integration of the physical sciences into biological practice. This article places plant physiology back in the center of the story of the recent life sciences. It shows the deve…
Biology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Astrobiology (2 works) · Astronomy (2 works) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)