Science and the social good : nature, culture, and community, 1865-1965 / John P. Herron.

Here, Herron explores the evolving internal and external forces influencing the design and purpose of American natural science by focusing on three representative scientists-geologist who purposefully considered the social outcomes of their work.

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Main Author: Herron, John P., 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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505 0 |a Introduction; Part I: Clarence King and the Mapping of the Western Landscape; 1. Paths of Science: The Maturation of a Public Ideal; 2. Vertical History: Using Mountains to Measure Men; Part II: Robert Marshall and the Redefinition of Progress; 3. True Places: Searching for Wild Nature in an Urban Age; 4. The Forest and the Trees: Natural Science and Social Justice; Part III: Rachel Carson and the Social Enterprise of American Biology; 5. The Biological Century: The Cultural Importance of Ecological Process; 6. Poetic Revolutions: The Search for Natural Harmony; Epilogue; Notes. 
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