Science

Permanent URI for this collection

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11976/3

Browse and Search Information

  • Browse by clicking on one of the main categories under Browse, or by clicking on one of the category headings under Discover.
  • To search using a single keyword, type it in the box above. On the results page you will be able to select a filter to narrow your search to one of these areas: author, title, subject.
  • To search using a phrase (including a first and last name), put quotation marks around it ("Leonard Cohen").

Browse

Browsing Science by Title

Now showing 1 - 20 of 28
  • Item
    About Jonas Salk
    (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 2017) Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    A brief biography of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Jonas Salk. Click on the link above to access the biography.
  • Item
    Albert Einstein--Biographical
    (Elsevier Publishing Company, 1967) Einstein, Albert; Nobel Prize Committe
    "This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures." Click on the link above to access the biography.
  • Item
    The Circadian Clock, Transcriptional Feedback and the Regulation of Gene Expression
    (nobelprize.org, 2017-12-07) Rosbash, Michael
    The lecture and lecture slides for Michael Rosbash's Nobel Prize lecture. For the lecture, click on the first link above. For the lecture slides, click on the second link.
  • Item
    Dr. Mark Wainberg on old battles and new frontiers in HIV
    (2016-01-05) Vogel, Lauren
    An excerpt from a podcast interview in CMAJ (Journal of the Canadian Medical Association) with pioneer HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Mark Wainberg. The article includes a link to the full podcast. Click on the link above to access the interview.
  • Item
    Edward Teller Is Dead at 95; Fierce Architect of H-Bomb
    (New York Times, 2003-09-10) Sullivan, Walter
    This obituary recounts in some detail the life of Edward Teller, sometimes called the father of the hydrogen bomb. Click on the link above to access the obituary.
  • Item
    ENZYMATIC CLEAVAGE OF RNA BY RNA
    (Nobel Foundation, 1989-12-08) Altman, Sidney
    Nobel lecture presented by Sidney Altman when he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he shared with Thomas R. Cech in 1989. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for the work they did on the catalytic properties of RNA. Click on the icon to read the lecture.
  • Item
    Eric R. Kandel - Biographical
    (NobeL Media AB, 2000) Kandel, Eric R.
    An autobiographical essay by Eric R. Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the year 2000. Click on the link above to access the essay.
  • Item
    Experiments with High Energy Neutrino Streams
    (Nobel Media AB, 1988-12-08) Steinberger, Jack
    Jack Steinberger's Nobel Prize Lecture upon his winning the Nobel Prize in Physics along with fellow scientists Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz. Click on the link above to access.
  • Item
    The First High Energy Neutrino Experiment
    (Nobel Media AB, 1988-12-08) Schwartz, Melvin
    Melvin Schwartz's Nobel Prize Lecture upon his winning the Nobel Prize in Physics along with fellow scientists Jack Steinberger and Leon Lederman. Click on the link above to access.
  • Item
    Fundamental Ideas and Problems of the Theory of Relativity
    (NobelPrize.org, 1923-07-11) Einstein, Albert
    Lecture delivered to the Nordic Assembly of Naturalists at Gothenburg, Although it is found on the Web site of NobelPrize.org, the "Lecture was not delivered on the occasion of the Nobel Prize award, and did not, therefore, concern the discovery of the photoelectric effect," which was what Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for. Click on the icon below to access the pdf version of the lecture.
  • Item
    Isaac Asimov and the Three Laws of Robotics
    (SciHi Blog, 2018-01-02) Tietz, Tabia
    Isaac Asimov was a science fiction writer and a biochemist. Asimov coined the term "robotics," which he used in his science fiction works. The robot characters in Asimov's science fiction were supposed to obey "The Three Laws of Robotics." This blog entry discusses these three laws as well as Asimov's literary and academic career. Click on the link above to read this blog entry.
  • Item
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    (2017) Atomic Heritage Foundation
    A brief biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was a theoretical physicist and is known as the "father of the atomic bomb." Click on the link above to access the page.
  • Item
    J. Robert Oppenheimer: 5 Facts, including His Fraught Relationship with Judaism
    (Aish, 2023-07-16) Miller, Dr. Yvette Alt
    J. Robert Oppenheimer, was dubbed the "father of the atomic bomb." He directed the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the bomb was developed. Oppenheimer, who came from an affluent, assimilated Jewish family, had a complicated relationship with his Judaism. He was avowedly assimilated, despite the fact that antisemitism dogged him throughout his academic career, beginning at Harvard, which, beginning in 1922, the year he matriculated, began asking applicants to disclose their religion in an effort to curb the number of Jewish students. Always keenly concerned with issues of ethics and morality, it was the Holocaust awakened Oppenheimer's identification with the Jewish people. Indeed, that was a motivating force behind his commitment to develop the bomb before the Nazis did. The article discusses Oppenheimer's misgivings about the arms race that would ensue and became a vocal opponent of the nuclear arms race and may well have been behind his losing his security clearance. Click on the link to read the article.
  • Item
    Jack Steinberger - Biographical
    (NobelPrize.org, 2019) Steinberger, Jack
    An autobiographical essay by Jack Steinberger on the occasion of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 along with fellow scientists Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz. Click on the link above to access.
  • Item
    The Legacy of Albert B. Sabin
    (Sabin Vaccine Institute, 2017) Sabin Vaccine Institute
    A biography of Albert Sabin, the creator of the oral polio vaccine. Click on the link above to access the biography.
  • Item
    Leon M. Lederman - Biographical
    (NobelPrize.org, 1991) Lederman, Leon M.
    An autobiographical essay by Leon Lederman on the occasion of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 along with fellow scientists Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger. Click on the link above to access.
  • Item
    Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker
    (The New Yorker, 2016-10-17) Remnick, David
    A biographical essay about Leonard Cohen, focusing on his last album, "Make It Darker." Click on the link above to access the article.
  • Item
    Mark Wainberg, dead at 71, was ‘a giant of HIV science’
    (Toronto Globe & Mail, 2017-04-22) Picard, André
    Obituary about Dr. Wainberg in the Toronto Globe & Mail. Discusses his life and most significant contributions. Click on the link above to read the obituary.
  • Item
    Melvin Schwartz - Biographical
    (nobelprize.org, 2019) Schwartz, Melvin
    An autobiographical essay by Melvin Schwartz on the occasion of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 along with fellow scientists Leon Lederman and Jack Steinberger. Click on the link above to access.
  • Item
    Michael Rosbash: American geneticist
    (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018-02-28) Rogers, Kara
    A short biography of Michael Rosbash, American geneticist, awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (shared with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael W. Young). Click on the link above to access the biography.