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

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]

Books

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

References

  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:
  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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