Granice archidiecezji gnieźnieńskiej w tysiącleciu (1000-1939)

Teach, then trust Elizabeth W. Jones (1939-2008): mentor to many.

Elizabeth (Beth) Jones reveled in the excitement of scientific discovery and fostered curiosity with steadfast determination. With high standards and rigor, she applied a firm but gentle hand to cultivate the curiosity of generations of students. Inquisitiveness about science and the workings of nature was threaded through her life, unabated, from early childhood. Born in Seattle, Beth spent he...

Leon Richard Kass (1939- )

A PhD and medical doctor turned ethicist, Leon Kass calls himself an unlicensed humanist. Throughout his unique career he has sought to impact others and engage important cultural issues. This he has accomplished over the course of many years by studying biochemistry, teaching humanities, writing articles and books on ethics, and serving as chair of the President?s Council on Bioethics. Kass ha...

Karl Oskar Illmensee (1939?)

Karl Oskar Illmensee studied the cloning [2] and reproduction of fruit flies, mice, and humans [3] in the US and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Illmensee used nuclear transfer techniques (cloning [2]) to create early mouse [4] embryos from adult mouse [4] cells, a technique biologists used in later decades to help explain how embryonic cells function during development....

Walter Gehring (1939–2014)

and time. However, it’s not all about machines taking over from field workers. Technology can also help to get more people involved with field work in ecology and conservation. The Earthwatch Institute (www.earthwatch.org), for instance, supports a project called My Tree Tracker, based on a smartphone app encouraging volunteers to keep an eye on the growth and health of the trees in their citie...

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)