Gerald Holton

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According to Wikipedia, Gerald James Holton is an American physicist, historian of science, and educator, whose professional interests also include philosophy of science and the fostering of careers of young men and women. He is Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and professor of the history of science, emeritus, at Harvard University. His contributions range from physical science and its history to their professional and public understanding, from studies on gender problems and ethics in science careers to those on the role of immigrants. These have been acknowledged by an unusually wide spectrum of appointments and honors, from physics to initiatives in education and other national, societal issues, to contributions for which he was selected, as the first scientist, to give the tenth annual Jefferson Lecture that the National Endowment for the Humanities describes as, “the highest honor the federal government confers for distinguished achievement in the humanities”.

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Sociobiology: the new synthesis? (1977) (2929)
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought, Kepler to Einstein (1974) (483)
Thematic origins of scientific thought (1973) (325)
The new synthesis? (1978) (325)
Who Succeeds in Science: The Gender Dimension (1995) (229)
The scientific imagination: case studies (1978) (215)
Career Patterns of Women and Men in the Sciences (1996) (180)
Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study (1996) (157)
Introduction to Concepts and Theories in Physical Science (1953) (155)
Einstein, Michelson, and the "Crucial" Experiment (1969) (137)
Subelectrons, Presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft Dispute (1978) (135)
On the role of themata in scientific thought. (1975) (119)
On the Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity (1960) (106)
Science and Anti-Science (1994) (104)
Mach, Einstein, and the Search for Reality (1970) (102)
Acceptance (1990) (82)
The Advancement Of Science, And Its Burdens (1988) (79)
The Roots of Complementarity. (1970) (75)
The Scientific Imagination (1978) (72)
Foundations of modern physical science (1958) (60)
Einstein, History, And Other Passions (1995) (57)
How to think about the `anti-science' phenomenon (1992) (56)
A Vision of Jeffersonian Science. (1999) (48)
The Project Physics Course, Then and Now (2003) (48)
HOW A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IS MADE : A CASE HISTORY (1996) (46)
Ernst Mach and the Fortunes of Positivism in America (1992) (44)
What Historians of Science and Science Educators Can Do for One Another (2003) (43)
Johannes Kepler's Universe: Its Physics and Metaphysics (1956) (43)
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein. (1976) (41)
Limits of scientific inquiry (1979) (37)
Einstein, History, And Other Passions: The Rebellion Against Science At The End Of The Twentieth Century (1996) (36)
L'imagination scientifique (1982) (35)
Science and its public : the changing relationship (1975) (34)
Hitler’s Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime (2002) (33)
Einstein and the Cultural Roots of Modern Science (1998) (33)
On the Art of Scientific Imagination (1996) (32)
Scientific Research and Scholarship Notes toward the Design of Proper Scales (1962) (31)
Einstein and the “Crucial” Experiment (1969) (26)
"A Nation at Risk" Revisited. (1984) (25)
SCIENCE EDUCATION AND THE SENSE OF SELF (1995) (24)
Werner Heisenberg and Albert Einstein (2000) (24)
Book-Review - Thematic Origins of Scientific thought - Kepler to Einstein (1988) (23)
Einstein's Third Paradise (2003) (22)
Pre-college: Harvard Project Physics (1967) (21)
Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem (1984) (20)
The Twentieth-century sciences : studies in the biography of ideas (1972) (20)
The scientific imagination : with a new introduction (1998) (20)
Einstein in Spain: Relativity and the Recovery of Science (2016) (20)
Einstein for the 21st century : his legacy in science, art, and modern culture (2008) (18)
The role of themata in science (1996) (18)
From the Vienna Circle to Harvard Square: The Americanization of a European World Conception (1993) (18)
The Development of Newtonian Optics in England (1977) (16)
On Being Caught Between Dionysians and Apollonians (1976) (16)
Project Physics. A Report on Its Aims and Current Status (1967) (16)
Understanding Physics: Student Guide (2002) (15)
What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution (2007) (15)
Models for Understanding the Growth and Excellence of Scientific Research (1962) (14)
On the Recent Past of Physics (1961) (13)
Resource Letter SRT 1 on Special Relativity Theory (1962) (13)
Modern Science and the Intellectual Tradition. (1960) (13)
R. A. Millikan’s Struggle with the Meaning of Planck’s Constant (1999) (12)
Excellence and Leadership in a Democracy (2017) (12)
Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives (2014) (11)
Harvard Project Physics A report on its aims and current status (1969) (11)
Science and culture : a study of cohesive and disjunctive forces (1967) (11)
The Advancement of Science, and its Burdens: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays (1986) (11)
What, precisely, is ’’thinking’’?... Einstein’s answer (1979) (11)
Einstein's Scientific Program: The Formative Years (1980) (11)
Michael Polanyi and the History of Science (1992) (11)
Scientific optimism and societal concerns (1975) (10)
Einstein's Model for Constructing a Scientific Theory (1979) (10)
The Scientific Synthesis (1967) (10)
Philipp Frank at Harvard University: His Work and His Influence (2006) (10)
The Neglected Mandate: Teaching Science as Part of Our Culture (2014) (10)
Percy Williams Bridgman (1962) (8)
Striking gold in science: Fermi's group and the recapture of Italy's place in physics (1974) (8)
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein (1974) (8)
The Controversy over the End of Science (1995) (8)
Henri Poincar, Marcel Duchamp and Innovation in Science and Art (2001) (8)
Science and Synthesis (1967) (8)
Robert K. Merton (4 July 1910 - 23 February 2003). (2004) (8)
The awards of science and other essays (1985) (7)
Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed: Public Policy, Aid, and Education (2010) (7)
Reflections on modern terrorism (1978) (7)
Scientific Philosophy: Origins and Developments (1993) (7)
On the hesitant rise of quantum physics research in the United States (2008) (7)
Project physics : text (1981) (6)
Henri Poincare, Marcel Duchamp and Innovation in Science and Art (2001) (6)
On the Vienna Circle in Exile: An Eyewitness Report (1995) (6)
The Organization of Scientific Research (1967) (6)
IV. Sociobiology: the New Synthesis? (1977) (6)
The Rise of Postmodernisms and the "End of Science" (2000) (6)
Influences on Einstein's Early Work in Relativity Theory : a Report Based on Archival Materials / Gerald Holton. (1966) (6)
More on Mach and Einstein (1992) (5)
10. Metaphors in Science and Education (1995) (5)
The Early Years of Relativity (2014) (5)
The Relevance of Physics. (1970) (5)
Project physics : handbook (1981) (4)
On Trying to Understand Scientific Genius (2016) (4)
Report of Conference on the Improvement of College Physics Courses (1960) (4)
Strangers in a Strange Lab (1996) (4)
George Sarton, His Isis, and the Aftermath (2009) (4)
Some Lessons from Living in the History of Science (1999) (4)
DO LIFE PROCESSES TRANSCEND PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY (1968) (4)
Different Perceptions of “Good Science” and Their Effects on Careers (1999) (4)
The advancement of science, and its burdens : with a new introduction (1998) (4)
Moving the Earth (2002) (4)
The project physics course-Notes on its educational philosophy (1976) (4)
Modern Science and the Intellectual Tradition (1962) (4)
Science for Nonscientists: Criteria for College Programs (1963) (4)
Niels Bohr and the Integrity of Science (1986) (4)
Issues for the Seventies. (1970) (3)
Victory and Vexation in Science: Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Others (2005) (3)
Ciencia y anticiencia (2002) (3)
Project physics : resource book (1975) (3)
On the teaching of physics as one of the basic sciences at university level—part II: Curriculum development (1963) (3)
The formation of the American physics Community in the 1920s and the coming of Albert Einstein (1981) (3)
Special Relativity Theory (2021) (3)
Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination (2014) (3)
Determinism and Indeterminism (1967) (3)
EDITORIAL: Issues for the Seventies (1970) (3)
Dimensions of Scientific Innovation (2003) (3)
In Memory of Philipp Frank (1968) (3)
Probing the Atom (2002) (3)
Science and the Modern World View (1956) (2)
“Who was Einstein? Why is He Still so Alive?” (2005) (2)
The Humanistic Basis of Scientific Work (1975) (2)
Edwin C. Kemble (1987) (2)
SCIENTIFIC OPTIMISM AND SOCIETAL CONCERNS: A NOTE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENTISTS * (1976) (2)
Focus: Centennial Focus: Millikan’s Measurement of Planck’s Constant (1999) (2)
Perspectives on the Thematic Analysis of Scientific Thought (2005) (2)
Millikan's struggle with theory (2000) (2)
Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed (2010) (2)
2.An Introduction to the Project Physics Course : An Introduction for Teachers(I.Special Issue on Harvard Project Physics Seminar) (1971) (2)
Improving College Science Teaching: Lessons From Contemporary Science and the History of Science. (1971) (2)
Of Love, Physics and Other Passions: The Letters of Albert and Mileva (Part 2) (1994) (2)
Constructing a Theory: Einstein's Model (2016) (2)
Our Puzzling Universe: From a Promising Beginning to Forbidden Knowledge (2017) (2)
The Migration of Physicists to the United States. (1984) (2)
“Lumpers,” “splitters,” and scientific progress (1995) (2)
Robert K. Merton (2004) (2)
Can science be at the centre of modern culture? (1993) (1)
Tracing Tom Kuhn's Evolution: A Personal Perspective (2016) (1)
On the Integrity of Science: The Issues Since Bronowski (2017) (1)
The Imperative for Basic Science That Serves National Needs (2005) (1)
The Grand Wake for Harvard Indifference: How Harvard and Radcliffe Students Aided Young Refugees from the Nazis (2006) (1)
The Einstein chronicles (2005) (1)
Ingredients of Success (2006) (1)
Ingredients for a career in science: Who Succeeds in Science?—The Gender Dimension (1996) (1)
On the Use of Herbicides in Vietnam (1968) (1)
B. F. Skinner and P.W. Bridgman: The Frustration of a Wahlverwandtschaft (2002) (1)
Einstein and Relativity Theory (2002) (1)
How the Jefferson Physical Laboratory came to be (1984) (1)
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: An Authentic View of Einstein: Albert Einstein, Creator and Rebel (1973) (1)
A heuristic model for the growth process of modern physical science (2004) (1)
On the teaching of physics as one of the basic sciences at University level - Part I: Objectives (1963) (1)
Program on Public Conceptions of Science, Newsletter 8. The Ethical and Human Value Implications of Science and Technology: A Preliminary Directory Reviewing Contemporary Activity. (1974) (1)
Syllabus for the One-Year College Course in Physical Science (1957) (1)
Supplementary statements by some members of the board of directors. (1968) (1)
On Being an Intellectual (1968) (1)
14. “Only Connect”: Bridging the Institutionalized Gaps between the Humanities and Sciences in Teaching (2005) (1)
Science and Social Relevance (1970) (1)
The woman in einstein's shadow (2007) (1)
"Science and Culture. A Study of Cohesive and Disjunctive Forces", pod red. Geralda Holtona, Boston 1965 : [recenzja] / Waldemar Voisé. (1966) (1)
How a Great Discovery Was Made (1996) (1)
Second Generation Advantages: An Optimistic Story (2010) (1)
The new synthesis? (1998) (1)
I. I. Rabi as Educator and Science Warrior (1999) (1)
Foundations of modern physical science / Gerald Holton, G.D. Roller (2005) (1)
Einstein's Task as Universe Builder: His Early Years (1979) (1)
The Two Maps: Oersted Medal Response at the Joint American Physical Society--American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Chicago, 22 January 1980. (1980) (0)
Producing a Coherent World Image (1983) (0)
Book-Review - Albert Einstein Historical and Cultural Perspectives (1984) (0)
Notices of Books (1945) (0)
Book Review:Space, Time and Creation. Philosophical Aspects of Scientific Cosmology Milton K. Munitz (1959) (0)
Einstein and Books (1995) (0)
On Unity and Disunity in the Sciences: Variations of Ancient Themata (2010) (0)
Science and Ethical Values (1966) (0)
Epilogue: Lessons for Current Refugees (2006) (0)
Historical Perspectives on Einstein's Scientific Contributions (2014) (0)
Physics and culture (1963) (0)
Guest Editorial (1982) (0)
Recent Books (1971) (0)
The universe of Johannes Kepler. (1980) (0)
Commentary (1986) (0)
Probing the Nucleus (2002) (0)
Report on Project Access Research (1989) (0)
Guest Editor’s Introduction (2014) (0)
Notices of Books (1976) (0)
AHS volume 53 issue 1 Cover and Back matter (1998) (0)
Notices of Books (1976) (0)
Einstein's Impact on Scholarship and Twentieth-Century Culture (2014) (0)
What Makes a Life Worth Living? An Essay in Honor of Michael Matthews (2015) (0)
Towards a Cosmology (1967) (0)
Book Review:Theories of the Universe from Babylonian Myth to Modern Science Milton K. Munitz (1959) (0)
Candor and Integrity in Science (2005) (0)
Einstein and Developments in the Jewish World (2014) (0)
Book Review:Principles and Applications of Physics Otto Bluh, Joseph Denison Elder (1956) (0)
BOOKS: Science and Culture (1967) (0)
Abraham Pais Award Lecture (2008) (0)
Book Review:The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences James Robert Brown (1993) (0)
Bohr, Heisenberg, and What Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen Tries to Tell Us (2004) (0)
Richard Staley. Einstein's Generation: The Origins of the Relativity Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2008. Pp. x, 494. Cloth $98.00, paper $38.00 (2011) (0)
Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study.@@@Who Succeeds in Science: The Gender Dimension. (1996) (0)
The Dynamics of Heat (2002) (0)
BOOK REVIEWS: The Discovery of Radioactivity and Transmutation, Vol. Two, Classics of Science (1965) (0)
Book reviews (1971) (0)
Enrico Fermi and the Miracle of the Two Tables (2005) (0)
NOTES: The World of Enrico Fermi—A New Documentary Film (1970) (0)
Development of a Secondary School Physics Program: Harvard Project Physics. Volume 1, Text and Appendices. Final Report. (1972) (0)
Jean Eisenstaedt.The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein’s Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again.Translated byArturo Sangalli.ix + 363 pp., illus., bibl., index. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. $29.95 (cloth). (2007) (0)
How Terrorism Succeeds (2015) (0)
I.2 Comments on Professor Harold Garfinkel's Paper (1981) (0)
Defining misconduct (1996) (0)
Some Further Chapter Materials (2002) (0)
Book Review (2019) (0)
Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology. Max Jammer (2000) (0)
Further Reading and Web Sites (2002) (0)
Conserving Matter and Motion (2002) (0)
The Quantum Model of the Atom (2002) (0)
Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007) (0)
Ethical issues in medicine. (1982) (0)
Mathematics generating absurdities in physics (2015) (0)
Defining misconduct. (1996) (0)
Book review (1992) (0)
The False Images of Science (1960) (0)
Partial Assimilation—Complex Identities (2006) (0)
A working model for turning out more school physics teachers (1991) (0)
Reception of Einstein's Scientific Ideas (2014) (0)
Knowledge of Nature and Man (1967) (0)
Letters to the Editor. (1960) (0)
Newton’s Unified Theory (2002) (0)
Paul Tillich, Albert Einstein, and the Quest for the Ultimate (2005) (0)
Anguish—Privatized Costs, Socialized Benefits (2006) (0)
Heat-A Matter of Motion (2002) (0)
On inventing a new manager (2016) (0)
Philipp Frank and the Wiener Kreis: from Vienna to Exile in the USA (2017) (0)
Working with Einstein'. Reminiscences by Associates and Friends (2014) (0)
Reviewing Units, Mathematics, and Scientific Notation (2002) (0)
History of Mathematical Sciences (1984) (0)
Quantum mechanics, born again (2001) (0)
Einstein and the Nuclear Age (2014) (0)
The Physicists: Reshaping a Profession (1978) (0)
Science and the Modern Mind (1960) (0)
The Nucleus and Its Applications (2002) (0)
Successful Young Refugees from Central Europe—Potential Lessons for Today (2010) (0)
The Making of Symphony Hall, Boston: A History with Documents (2001) (0)
Physics Education in America(Reports from the Society) (1985) (0)
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Of What Use is the History of Science (2008) (0)
A Word to Future and Current Teachers (2002) (0)
On the History and Philosophy of Physics (1955) (0)
A personal view of percy W. Bridgman, physicist and philosopher (1993) (0)
From Plurality to Unity (1967) (0)
Defining Misconduct (1996) (0)
Letter from Gerald Holton to Joshua Lederberg (1978) (0)
Session V. The nature of science (2004) (0)
The human side of science (1995) (0)
Book Review: Caspar's Kepler Referenced: Kepler (1995) (0)
Lessons of the intellectual biography of science. (1970) (0)
1979 Oersted medal (1980) (0)
On the Search for Order in the Physical Universe (1981) (0)
Defining misconduct [2] (1996) (0)
Correspondence Confirms Collision (1996) (0)
Leonard M. Rieser, president-elect, 1972. (1972) (0)
On Paul Tillich at Harvard (2012) (0)

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