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What's in a name?

Article Abstract:

Society has been able to appreciate the ideas and inventions of various researchers and scientists by connecting their works with their names. Names of scientists also offered a way for documenting the history of inventions.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Names, Inventors

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Various, unrequited

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A discussion of the social connections among a variety of 18th-century intellectuals is presented. They include Samuel Holland, Angelica Kauffman, Johann Winckelmann and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
Intellectuals, 18th century AD

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Wuff, wuff

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A history of the connections between Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, and Bishop William Wilberforce in English history is provided.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
United Kingdom, History, Influence, Public opinion, Evolution (Biology), Evolution, British history, Darwin, Charles, Huxley, Thomas

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