Footsteps in Science - Hardcover

Brown, J. H. U.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0819186937 ISBN 13: 9780819186935

Publisher: University Press of America, 1993

Synopsis

This book is a scientific "biography" of one person's methods and approaches to science. The book is divided into two sections: the first is a description of how a particular facet of science was developed and the results which emerged. The second is a partial autobiography to fit the events of the author's life into the experimental development outlined in the first section. Contents: From Ideas to Implementation; Birth of a New Science; Applied Biochemistry; Industrial Research; Emergency Application of Space Science; Researching Together; Publish or Perish; In the Beginning; Low on the Academic Totem Pole; Professor; Promotion and Politics; Education; Academic Honors; Perigrinations and Personalities; Inventions.

About this title

About the Author

J.H.U. Brown is Professor Emeritus, University of Houston in Texas. He is also Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas Health Science Center also in Houston.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819186937
• ISBN 13: 9780819186935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 122