Mr. Peale's Museum : Charles Willson Peale and the first popular museum of natural science and art / by Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980

Benedict XIV and the enlightenment : art, science, and spirituality /

Table of Contents: “…Benedict XIV and the natural sciences /…”
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Research and reform : W.P. Thompson at the University of Saskatchewan / by Rempel, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…Formative Years -- Research: Genetics -- The Administrator -- The Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Ascendancy of the Natural Sciences -- Governance and Governments -- Service -- Unfinished Business -- Retirement and Medicare -- Last Years and Legacies -- Appendices. 1 A Key Example of Thompson's Chromosome Work ; 2 Thompson's Work on Endosperm ; 3 Recent References to Thompson's Wheat Rust Research ; 4 A Bibliography of Thompson's Publications.…”
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T.F. Torrance : an intellectual biography / by McGrath, Alister E., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Theology and the Natural Sciences.…”
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An evangelical mind : Nathanael Burwash and the Methodist tradition in Canada, 1839-1918 / by Van Die, Marguerite

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of a Methodist: Mothers and the Perpetuation of Revival -- 2 The College Student: Reason and Religion -- 3 The Pastor: Preaching, Philanthropy, and Christian Perfection -- 4 Professor of Natural Science and Dean of Theology: Baconians, Methodists, and the Higher Criticism -- 5 Chancellor of Victoria University: The Federation of Learning, Culture, and True Religion -- 6 Evangelical Statesman: Doctrine, History, and the Postmillennialism of Church Union -- Conclusion -- Notes…”
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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : geology and power in early New York / by Spanagel, David I.

Table of Contents: “…Exploring New York State -- Invitations to study the Earth's past -- Natural sciences and civic virtues -- The landlord and the ex-convict -- Part II. …”
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Maclure of New Harmony : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / by Warren, Leonard, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Origins and the Making of a Life -- Philadelphia (1796-1800) -- Political and Economic Philosophy -- European Sojourn (1800-1808) -- The Maclurean Era of American Geology -- Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States -- The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815) -- Patron of the Natural Sciences -- Spanish Years and Return to America -- Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune -- Harmonie to New Harmony -- A Boatload of Knowledge -- Education in New Harmony -- Trouble in Paradise -- Out of the Ashes -- Withdrawal to Mexico -- Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say -- New Harmony Adrift -- The Working Men's Institute and the Death of William Maclure.…”
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Jacob Moleschott - A Transnational Biography : Science, Politics, and Popularization in Nineteenth-Century Europe / by Meneghello, Laura

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An den Wurzeln der Tugend: Rheinischer Adel und Freimaurerei 1765-1815. by Braun, Martin Otto

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The discovery of chance : the life and thought of Alexander Herzen / by Kelly, Aileen

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Labyrinths : Emma Jung, her marriage to Carl, and the early years of psychoanalysis / by Clay, Catrine

Richard Owen : Scotland 1810, Indiana 1890 / by Albjerg, Victor L. 1892-1973

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Undying curiosity : Carsten Niebuhr and the Royal Danish Expedition to Arabia (1761-1767) / by Baack, Lawrence J.

Table of Contents: “…": The Lands and Peoples of Iraq and the LevantFrom Caravans to Kings: The End of the Expedition; Chapter Four; Presenting The Expedition To The World and The Expedition's Significance For The Eighteenth Century; The Struggle to Publish the Findings of the Expedition; From Geography to Botany: The Results of the Expedition; Geography; Cartography; Navigational Astronomy; Antiquities and Archeology; The Natural Sciences; Philology; The Evaluation of Niebuhr's Works in the 18th Century and Since…”
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Walt Whitman's mystical ethics of comradeship : homosexuality and the marginality of friendship at the crossroads of modernity / by Herrero-Brasas, Juan A.

Table of Contents: “…Martin's theory : "fucked by the earth" -- David Keubrich's theory : post-Christian millennialism -- Reynolds's theory : "immoral didacticism" -- A probable synthesis : nature, science, and evolutionary theory -- An afterthought : Traubel, homosexuality, and the Whitman myth -- A queer (theory) postscript -- A queer (theory) twist : no new species -- Whitman's disappointment and the new sexual economy -- Queer (theory) confusion and its uses.…”
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Birds, bones, and beetles : the improbable career and remarkable legacy of University of Kansas naturalist Charles D. Bunker / by Warner, Chuck

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the emergence of systematics (1800-1850) / by Gasso Miracle, Maria Eulalia, 1973-

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Florence Nightingale : an introduction to her life and family / by Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

Table of Contents: “…An outline of Florence Nightingale's life : Faith and church ; Early writing: Suggestions for thought (1852-60) ; Celibacy and suitors ; First work in nursing: Harley Street (1853-54) ; The Crimean War (1854-56) ; First royal commission, on the army (1856-59) ; Illness and invalidism ; Second royal commission, on India (1858-63) ; Working style (1859-99) ; Opposition to registration of nurses (1887-94) ; Domestic arrangements and expenditures ; Friends ; The arts ; Love of nature and companion animals ; Death rituals ; Last days, will and death -- Themes : Law, probability and application ; Positivism and idealism ; Theology/Theodikè ; Natural science ; The Italian connection ; Government and politics ; The family and individuals ; Social class and caste ; Gender roles and status of women ; Empire and imperialism ; War and militarism ; Approach to health care -- Key to editing -- Family life : Nightingale's "Lebenslauf" for Kaiserswerth ; Notes on her parents and sister -- Letters to, from and about Nightingale's immediate family : Mother, Frances "Fanny" Nightingale ; Father, W.E. …”
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Rudolf Steiner / by Ullrich, Heiner, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Archivist in Weimar: The Philosophy of Goethean Natural Science; 4. Writer and Speaker in Berlin: The Free Spirit Converts to Theosophy; 5. …”
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Ahead of his time : Wilhelm Pfeffer, early advances in plant biology / by Bünning, Erwin, 1906-1990

Table of Contents: “…Basic Perception of Natural Science -- a) A Life Devoted to Science -- b) All Processes of Life Have a Physical Explanation -- c) The Complexity of Life's Processes Is Often Overlooked -- d) Biological Structures Do Not Have Sharp Boundaries. …”
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Science organizations and careers : essential tensions / by Chubin, Daryl E.

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