Arnold Thackray
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British chemist and historian
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Arnold Thackray's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry University of Oxford
Why Is Arnold Thackray Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Arnold Thackray is an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Initially an English chemist, he became an entrepreneurial American. Thackray founded or extended a series of institutions, initially in Philadelphia , then on a wider scale within the History of Science Society and through Science History Consultants, and the Life Sciences Foundation.
Arnold Thackray's Published Works
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Published Works
- Technology's Storytellers: Reweaving the Human Fabric (1986) (306)
- Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1982) (181)
- Natural Knowledge in Cultural Context: The Manchester Mode (1974) (171)
- Toward a metric of science : the advent of science indicators (1980) (152)
- The Underpinnings of the Chemical Revolution. (Book Reviews: Atoms and Powers. An Essay on Newtonian Matter-Theory and the Development of Chemistry) (1970) (142)
- [Introduction to "Toward A Metric of Science: The Advent of Science Indicators"] (1979) (127)
- Prosopography as a Research Tool in History of Science: The British Scientific Community 1700–1900 (1974) (101)
- Private science : biotechnology and the rise of the molecular sciences (1998) (93)
- On Discipline Building: The Paradoxes of George Sarton (1972) (64)
- The Common Scientist in the Seventeenth Century: A Study of the Dublin Philosophical Society, 1683-1708 (1970) (50)
- Philadelphia's Philosopher Mechanics: A History of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1865 (1974) (32)
- Gentlemen Of Science (1981) (32)
- History, philosophy, and sociology of science. (1972) (23)
- The Origin of Dalton's Chemical Atomic Theory: Daltonian Doubts Resolved (1966) (23)
- John Dalton, Critical Assessments of His Life and Science (1972) (21)
- Constructing knowledge in the history of science (1995) (21)
- “Matter in a Nut-Shell”: Newton's Opticks and Eighteenth-Century Chemistry (1968) (19)
- Chemistry in America, 1876-1976: Historical Indicators (1985) (19)
- Gentlemen of science : early correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1984) (18)
- Chemistry in America 1876–1976 (1988) (16)
- Science, Technology, and Medicine (1981) (14)
- The Rise of Physical Science at Victorian Cambridge with Commentary and with Reply (1970) (13)
- A Short History of Observatories (1974) (13)
- Introduction to Newton's 'Principia.'@@@Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The third edition (1726) with variant readings (1974) (13)
- Science: has its present past a future? (1970) (11)
- Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution (1970) (11)
- Science at the Cross Roads. Papers Presented to the International Congress of the History of Science and Technology Held in London from June 29 to July 3, 1931, by Delegates of the U.S.S.R.Nikolai I. Bukharin (1972) (9)
- Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence (2000) (7)
- Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary (2015) (7)
- Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge. (1983) (7)
- The Emergence of Dalton's Chemical Atomic Theory: 1801-08 (1966) (7)
- Science and values. Patterns of tradition and change (1975) (5)
- Science after '40 (1992) (4)
- Editorial: Sarton, Science, and History (1984) (4)
- Chemistry, as Viewed from Bascom's Hill: A History of the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Aaron J. Ihde (1992) (4)
- Science and Values (1974) (4)
- The Historian and the Progress of Science* (1985) (3)
- IV. Reflections On the Measurement of Science (1977) (3)
- ISIS bibliography (1977) (3)
- Conference Report (1992) (3)
- History of science in the 1980s: science, technology, and medicine. (1981) (3)
- Fragmentary remains of John Dalton (1966) (3)
- Science in perspective. (1984) (2)
- Essay Review: The Chemistry of History: The Development of Modern Chemistry: A History of Chemistry (1966) (2)
- Documenting Science (1972) (2)
- The Corresponding Societies of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1883-1929. A Survey of Historical Records, Archives and Publications. R. M. MacLeod , James R. Friday , C. Gregor (1976) (1)
- The american style of science. (1976) (1)
- The Unbound Prometheus. Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present. David S. LandesScience and Technology in the Industrial Revolution. A. E. Musson , Eric Robinson (1970) (1)
- Reflections on the decline of science in america and on some of its causes. (1971) (1)
- Themes in victorian science. (1979) (1)
- Industrial Chemistry to Chemical Engineering (1983) (1)
- Chemical Industry as Context (1985) (1)
- The Theory and Practice of Science Indicators@@@Toward a Metric of Science: The Advent of Science Indicators.@@@Science Indicators 1976. (1979) (1)
- Chemistry & Public Policy: The 50th anniversary of the ACS federal charter offers a stage for historical reflection on the role of chemistry in promoting the general welfare (1987) (1)
- Book Review:The Life of Captain James Cook J. C. Beaglehole (1975) (1)
- Humphry Davy. Harold Hartley. Nelson, London, 1966. viii + 160 pp., illus. 35s. British Men of Science (1968) (0)
- Petrochemicals' Success Story (1988) (0)
- Editorial: On American Science (1982) (0)
- The purpose of Isis. (1979) (0)
- Other Books Received (1986) (0)
- First Anniversary (1980) (0)
- Book Review:The Rise of Modern Science: External or Internal Factors? George Basalla (1970) (0)
- 5. A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1972) (0)
- ‘In praise of famous men’—the John Dalton bicentenary celebrations, 1966 (1967) (0)
- Encapsulations of scholarship. (1982) (0)
- Careers in science and politics. (1979) (0)
- Book Review:Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine Pietro Corsi, Paul Weindling (1984) (0)
- Eloge: Frances Coulborn Kohler (1938–2021) (2022) (0)
- John Dalton and the Atom . By Frank Greenaway. London: Heinemann. Pp. x + 244. 1966. 42s. (1967) (0)
- 8. Bibliographic Essay (1972) (0)
- 5. Speculative Systems (1970) (0)
- [Memorandum from Yehuda Elkana, Joshua Lederberg, Robert K. Merton, Arnold Thackray, Harriet Zuckerman to O. Meredith Wilson, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (on a first inventory of the tangible results of their joint fellowship)] (1974) (0)
- BOOKS: Tracing the Chemical Industry's Heritage (1984) (0)
- Chemistry to About 1700: The Origins of Chemistry . Robert P. Multhauf. Oldbourne, London, 1966, 70s; Watts, New York, 1967, $7.95. 412 pp., illus. (1967) (0)
- 6. The Problem of the Elements (1970) (0)
- Book Review:The Lamp of Learning: Taylor & Francis and the Development of Science Publishing W. M. Brock, A. J. Meadows (1986) (0)
- Book reviews (1972) (0)
- A Note on Citation (1970) (0)
- Eloge: Sidney M. Edelstein, 22 January 1912-18 September 1994 (1995) (0)
- 4. The Life of a Natural Philosopher (1972) (0)
- What's Past Is Prologue Two Hundred Years of Chemistry in America (1987) (0)
- Chemistry as Discipline (1985) (0)
- Chemical History as Never Before (1993) (0)
- 4. The Spread of Newtonianism: A Tradition Established (1970) (0)
- Homes of research: to advance knowledge. (1987) (0)
- The Social Contexts of Research . Edited by Saad Z. Nagi and Ronald G. Corwin. (New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1972. Pp. 409, xiv. $13.50.) (1974) (0)
- 8. British Popular Newtonianism and the Birth of the Mew System (1970) (0)
- Atomism in the 1860's: The Atomic Debates . Brodie and the Rejection of the Atomic Theory. W. H. Brock, Ed. Leicester University Press, Leicester, England, 1967. 196 pp., illus. 35s. (1967) (0)
- Scientific networks in the age of the American Revolution (1976) (0)
- Book Review:Behavioral and Social Science: Fifty Years of Discovery Neil M. Smelser, Dean R. Gerstein (1986) (0)
- A Scientific Autobiography of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) (review) (2008) (0)
- A Second Look at Employment (1985) (0)
- Chemical Education as Context (1985) (0)
- 3. The Immediate Impact of Newton’s Ideas (1970) (0)
- Natural History Manuscript Resources in the British Isles. Gavin D. R. Bridson, Valerie C. Phillips , Anthony P. Harvey (1982) (0)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. TREVOR I. WILLIAMS and SONIA WITHERS, Eds. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1969. xii + 596 pp. $9.95 (1970) (0)
- Unsimple Views of Science. (Book Reviews: Science, Medicine and Society in the Renaissance. Essays to Honor Walter Pagel) (1973) (0)
- Osiris, 2d Ser., Vol. 7: Science after '40 (1994) (0)
- 7. John Dalton’s Scientific Correspondence (1972) (0)
- Chemistry as Occupation and Profession (1985) (0)
- Letter from Arnold Thackray, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to Frederick Mosteller (1984) (0)
- Innovation Day: This guest editorial is by Arnold Thackray, president of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (2004) (0)
- Private Knowledge and Public Policy: The Rise of the American Biotechnology Industry (1993) (0)
- 6. Documents on Chemical Atomic Theory (1972) (0)
- Editorial: Making History (1981) (0)
- 7. Quantified Chemistry: the Newtonian Vision (1970) (0)
- Poetry Realized in Nature. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Early Nineteenth-Century Science, by Trevor H. LeverePoetry Realized in Nature. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Early Nineteenth-Century Science, by Trevor H. Levere. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1981. xiii. 264 pp. (1984) (0)
- Citation for Melvin Kranzberg, 1991 Bernal Prize Recipient (1992) (0)
- 2. Newton: Or Chemistry, Forces, and the Structure of Matter (1970) (0)
- Historiographic assumptions. (1976) (0)
- THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VAN ARKEL BOND-TYPE TRIANGLE (2011) (0)
- A Portrait of Isaac Newton. (1971) (0)
- 3. Chemical Atomic Theory in History and Historiography (1972) (0)
- Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Society (1975) (0)
- Letter from Arnold Thackray, Isis to Joshua Lederberg (1974) (0)
- The Archives of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Minutes of Managers' Meetings, 1799-1900. Vols. 1, 2 (1973) (0)
- An End and a Beginning (1985) (0)
- The Origins of Chemistry. Robert P. Multhauf. Oldbourne, London, 1966, 70s; Watts, New York, 1967, $7.95. 412 pp., illus (1967) (0)
- Letter from Arnold Thackray, Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry to Joshua Lederberg (1993) (0)
- British Chemist: Humphry Davy . Harold Hartley. Nelson, London, 1966. viii + 160 pp., illus. 35s. British Men of Science. (1968) (0)
- General - Human Understanding. Volume 1: General Introduction and Part 1. The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts . By Stephen Toulmin. Oxford: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. xii + 520. £4.75. (1974) (0)
- 2. John Dalton and the Wider Context (1972) (0)
- 1. Introduction: The Hidden Key (1970) (0)
- John Dalton. 1766–1844. A Bibliography of Works by and about him. By A. L. Smyth. Pp. xvi + 114. Manchester University Press, 1966. 42s. (1966) (0)
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