James Bryant Conant (1893–1978)

Auteur van Modern Science and Modern Man

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Bevat de namen: James B. Conant, James Bryant ed. Conant, James Bryant Conant Conant, James Bryant - Editor Conant

Bevat ook: James Bryant (2), James Conant (2)

Ontwarringsbericht:

(eng) James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist and president of Harvard University. Not to be confused with James (Ferguson) Conant (b. 1958), an American philosopher.

Fotografie: by Louis Fabian Bachrach: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-98700)

Werken van James Bryant Conant

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Modern Science and Modern Man (1952) 48 exemplaren

On Understanding Science (1947) 47 exemplaren

Science and Common Sense (1951) 43 exemplaren

Slums and suburbs; a commentary on schools in metropolitan areas (1961) 41 exemplaren

Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Vols. 1 and 2 (1957) 32 exemplaren

The American high school today: a first report to interested citizens (1959) 27 exemplaren

The chemistry of organic compounds; a year's course in organic chemistry (1933) 19 exemplaren

The education of American teachers (1963) 15 exemplaren

Two Modes of Thought: My Encounters with Science and Education (1964) 14 exemplaren

My several lives; memoirs of a social inventor (1970) 12 exemplaren

Education in a divided world (1948) 10 exemplaren

Education and Liberty: The Role of the Schools in a Modern Democracy (1953) 9 exemplaren

Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Public Education (1962) 8 exemplaren

Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science Volume 1 (1957) 8 exemplaren

The child, the parent, and the state (1959) 8 exemplaren

The overthrow of the phlogiston theory; the chemical revolution of 1775-1789 (1950) 7 exemplaren

Germany and freedom : a personal appraisal (1958) 4 exemplaren

Shaping educational policy (1964) 4 exemplaren

Organic Syntheses (2010) 4 exemplaren

Harvard Case Histories In Experimental Science Volume Two (1957) 4 exemplaren

Anglo-American relations in the Atomic age 3 exemplaren

Scientific principles and moral conduct : the twentieth Arthur Stanley Eddington memorial lecture delivered at… (1967) 3 exemplaren

Wissenschaft verständlich gemacht 2 exemplaren

The comprehensive high school; a second report to interested citizens 2 exemplaren

Our Fighting Faith (1942) 2 exemplaren

Organic Chemistry, a Brief Introductory Course (1929) 2 exemplaren

Recommendations for Education in the Junior High School Years; A Memorandum to School Boards 1 exemplaar

Gleichheit der Chancen. Erziehung und Gesellschaftsordnung in den Vereinigten Staaten. (1955) 1 exemplaar

Robert Boyle's experiments in pneumatics 1 exemplaar

DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.|THE 1 exemplaar

The citadel of learning (1977) 1 exemplaar

Pasteur's Study of Fermentation 1 exemplaar

"Academical patronage and superintendence," 1 exemplaar

La comprension de la ciencia: Un famoso cientifico explica la ciencia y su mision actual 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1893-03-26
Overlijdensdatum: 1978-02-11
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Woonplaatsen: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (death)
Opleiding: Harvard University (BA | 1914 | PhD | 1917 | Chemistry)
Beroepen: chemist
educational administrator (President | Harvard | 1933-1953)
government official
Relaties: Conant, Jennet (granddaughter)
Organisaties: Harvard University
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Priestley Medal (American Chemical Society | 1944)
Sylvanus Thayer Award (U.S.M.A. | West Point)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Distinction, 1963)
Korte biografie: Conant was involved in getting the Manhattan Project under way and later acted as advisor to the National Science Foundation. From 1953 to 1957 he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
His studies of and reports on education in the late '50's led to the adoption of tests such as the SAT.
Ontwarringsbericht: James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist and president of Harvard University. Not to be confused with James (Ferguson) Conant (b. 1958), an American philosopher.

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Modern Science and Modern Man door James B Conant

This book is the series of four Bampton lectures of 1952 which were delivered at Columbia University by the author. When he was chosen as the lecturer, President Eisenhower expressed on behalf of the committee the hope that he would provide "some understanding of the significance of recent developments in the physical sciences".

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