Pioneers of Adsorption Science 1. Stephen Brunauer

The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science

While researching on the history of fingerprinting, we came across several archive records which throw light on the key role played by two Indian police officers, SubInspectors Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose, in the advancement of the science of fingerprints. The so-called Henry’s System of Fingerprint Classification was actually worked out by them. The world’s first fingerprint bureau was s...

Pioneers in Computer Science – Claude Shannon

A Reclusive Kind of Science Review of A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram Review

Introduction If someone had announced that a brilliant, independent-minded scientist had sequestered himself for more than a decade, seldom visiting with colleagues or attending professional meetings, all the time working alone on a “big” project, most of us could sketch out the probable outcome. Indeed, Wolfram’s long-awaited tome on cellular automata exhibits characteristics one might expect:...

Psychoanalytic Pioneers

Psychoanalysis as a living, growing science is illumined brightly by this examination of the biographies of its foremost exponents. Forty individuals are presented, ranging from early workers such as Abraham, Ferenczi, Jung and Adler to contemporary thinkers such as Alexander, Hartmann, Anna Freud and Erikson. Two additional chapters deal with special developments in the U.SA. and Eng-land. The...

Croydon Pioneers

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