Scientific Indiana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nickell, Duane S.

Contributor:

Nickell, Duane

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

Scientists who lived, worked or were educated in the Hoosier State have made fundamental contributions to astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics. Astronomer Vesto Slipher discovered that almost all other galaxies were moving away from our own Milky Way Galaxy. Biologist Alfred Kinsey was a pioneer in the field of human sexuality. Chemist Harold Urey discovered deuterium and worked on the Manhattan Project. And physicist Edward Purcell discovered nuclear magnetic resonance, the basis for MRI, one of the most significant medical advances in a century. Scientists with Indiana connections have also been awarded a dozen Nobel Prizes. Hoosier science teacher Duane S. Nickell offers a glimpse into the lives of seventeen scientific heroes from Indiana.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Science in Indiana Begins in New Harmony

2. Harvey Wiley

3. Vesto Slipher

4. Hermann Muller

5. Harold Urey

6. Alfred Kinsey

7. Percy Julian

8. Wendell Stanley

9. Emil Konopinski

10. Herbert Brown

11. Salvador Luria

12. Edward Purcell

13. Ben Mottelson

14. James Watson

15. Ei-ichi Negishi

16. Ferid Murad

17. Richard Schrock

18. Eric Wieschaus

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439672884

1439672881

OCLC:

1256240760