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George Basalla (born 1928 in Altoona, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American historian of science and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware.[2]

Education and career[edit]

Basalla completed his Ph.D. in the history of science at Harvard University in 1963. His dissertation, Science and Government in England 1800–1870, was supervised by I. Bernard Cohen.[3] He became an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964,[4] and was appointed as an associate professor at the University of Delaware in 1971.[5] He retired to become a professor emeritus in 1999.[6]

Basalla’s books include:

  • Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials (Oxford University Press, 2006)[7]
  • The Evolution of Technology (Cambridge University Press, 1989)[8]
  • Victorian Science: a self-portrait from the presidential addresses of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (edited with William Coleman and Robert H. Kargon, Doubleday, 1970)[9]
  • The Rise of Modern Science: Internal or External Factors? (edited, D. C. Heath, 1968)[10]
  • The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton: An Exhibit of Books & Manuscripts from the History of Science Collection (edited, special issue of The Texas Quarterly, 1967)[11]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Search the 1940 Census”. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. ^ “Emeriti Faculty – Department of History”. Department of History. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. ^ “Ph. D. Theses in the History of Science By Year: 1941 through 2015” (PDF). Harvard Department of the History of Science. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. ^ “News”. Isis. 55 (2): 209–212. June 1964. doi:10.1086/349830. JSTOR 228187. S2CID 224836476.
  5. ^ “Historical news and notices”. The Journal of Southern History. 37 (1): 147–155. February 1971. JSTOR 2205961.
  6. ^ “Historical news and notices”. The Journal of Southern History. 65 (1): 207–217. February 1999. JSTOR 2587786.
  7. ^ Reviews of Civilized Life in the Universe:
  8. ^ Reviews of The Evolution of Technology:
    • Social Studies of Science. 20 (3): 571. August 1990. JSTOR 285013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Barco, Juan Manuel Matés (December 1991). “Review of 1991 Spanish edition”. Revista de Historia Económica. 9 (3): 596–601. doi:10.1017/s0212610900003141. S2CID 154954314.
    • Braun, Ernst (June 1990). Prometheus. 8 (1): 171–172. doi:10.1080/08109029008631882.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Braun, Hans-Joachim (1991). VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 78 (2): 292–293. JSTOR 20735975.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Bruyn, G. W. (June 1991). Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 103 (2): 240. doi:10.1016/0022-510x(91)90176-8. S2CID 54412324.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Dunlavy, Colleen A. (September 1, 1989). Science. New Series. 245 (4921): 991. doi:10.1126/science.245.4921.991. JSTOR 1704203. PMID 17780540.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Fleck, James (Spring 1992). “Selectionism dominant: An essay review”. Science, Technology, & Human Values. 17 (2): 237–248. doi:10.1177/016224399201700207. JSTOR 689787.
    • Hansen, James R. (September 1990). Isis. 81 (3): 556–557. doi:10.1086/355480. JSTOR 233447.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Hollister-Short, Graham (June 1990). The British Journal for the History of Science. 23 (2): 239–241. doi:10.1017/S0007087400044939. JSTOR 4026742. S2CID 144799406.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Ilerbaig, Juan F. (December 1992). “Review of 1991 Spanish edition”. Arbor. 143 (564): 117–120. ProQuest 1301394344.
    • Joravsky, David (December 7, 1989). “Machine dreams”. The New York Review of Books.
    • Langrish, John (January 1990). Design Studies. 11 (1): 56–IBC. doi:10.1016/0142-694x(90)90018-8.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Mayr, Otto (January 1991). Technology and Culture. 32 (1): 130–131. doi:10.2307/3106017. JSTOR 3106017.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Regis, Ed (April 9, 1989). “Exposing the myth of ‘eureka’“. The worlds of science. The New York Times.
    • Schick, Kathy D. (March 1990). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 65 (1): 63–64. doi:10.1086/416595. JSTOR 2831558.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Schnaars, Steven P. (January 1989). International Journal of Forecasting. 5 (4): 611–612. doi:10.1016/0169-2070(89)90019-8.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

  9. ^ Reviews of Victorian Science:
  10. ^ Review of The Rise of Modern Science:
  11. ^ Review of The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton:


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