Footsteps in Science

• Title: Footsteps in Science
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• Author: J. H. U. Brown
• ISBN: 0819186945
• ISBN13: 9780819186942
• Pages: 122
• Edition: N/A
• Published Date: 1993-09-13
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Binding: Paperback
• Tags: footsteps, science

Textbook Information:

This book is a scientific "biography" of one person's methods and approaches to science. The book is divided into two sections: the first is a description of how a particular facet of science was developed and the results which emerged. The second is a partial autobiography to fit the events of the author's life into the experimental development outlined in the first section. Contents: From Ideas to Implementation; Birth of a New Science; Applied Biochemistry; Industrial Research; Emergency Application of Space Science; Researching Together; Publish or Perish; In the Beginning; Low on ... read more the Academic Totem Pole; Professor; Promotion and Politics; Education; Academic Honors; Perigrinations and Personalities; Inventions.Author Biography: J.H.U. Brown is Professor Emeritus, University of Houston in Texas. He is also Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas Health Science Center also in Houston. show less