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Joseph Needham (1900-1995)
Joseph Needham [4] was an embryologist and biochemist who is most noted in science for his studies on induction [5] in developing embryos. Needham worked with Conrad Hal Waddington [6] to attempt to identify the compound responsible for the organizer?s activity. Although he was not successful in discovering the chemical, he and Waddington learned much about the organizer [7]. Needham was a meti...
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In 1931 embryologist and historian Joseph Needham [3] published a well-received threevolume treatise titled Chemical Embryology [4]. The first four chapters from this work were delivered as lectures on Speculation, Observation, and Experiment [5], as Illustrated by the History of Embryology at the University of London. The same lectures were later released as a book published in 1934 titled A H...
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In 1952, during the Korean War, it was claimed that United States forces were using bacteriological warfare against China and North Korea. The allegation was dismissed by western governments, but a six-strong international scientific commission (ISC) visited China and concluded that bacteriological warfare had taken place. On their return, the scientists, of whom the best known was the British ...
متن کاملRoger Needham, 1935-2003
Cambridge Research Lab, which he founded in 1997. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was associated with Cambridge University for nearly half a century—as an undergraduate and graduate student, as a researcher, and eventually as a professor and head of the Computer Laboratory. In this EIC message, I focus on the significance of Needham's research contributions to pervasive computing. These contribu...
متن کاملLarry L. Needham 1945–2010
Larry L. Needham, a strong scientist and a staunch advocate for the use of exposure science in public health, passed away on 23 October 2010 after a 2‑year battle with renal cell carcinoma. He will be remem‑ bered as a scientist with great vision who had the ability to develop and sustain impact‑ ful research programs that provided a strong underpinning for furthering exposure science. These pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The British Journal for the History of Science
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0007-0874,1474-001X
DOI: 10.1017/s0007087496002956