Oral History of Genetics Now Available Online
“The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and Executive Producer Rochelle Easton Esposito, PhD, are pleased to announce that Conversations in Genetics, an oral history of our intellectual heritage in genetics, is now available for free online viewing at http://www.genestory.org/.”
Source: Newswise SciWire for 30-Apr-2015
Other interviewees to come: King, Cavalli-Sforza, Meyerowitz, Horowitz
The Nature of Science and the Scientific Method [pdf]
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/NatureOfScience.htm
For those who haven’t been in science class for some time, the scientific method may be a bit of a hazy memory. Those people (educators and others included) who need a bit of a refresher, along with a nice guide to talking about the scientific method, will find this resource from The Geological Society of America most efficacious. Authored by scientist Christine V. McLelland, this 9-page document “promotes understanding of the nature of science and how the scientific method is used to advance science, focusing in particular on the Earth sciences.” The document covers topics like “What is Science?” and breaks the scientific method down into its five primary parts. It also offers some brief talking points about the nature of science, and a nice bibliography.”
Source: Scout Report, Univ. of Wisconsin, Apr. 13, 2012