Science
Fredy Armando Peccerelli Monterroso (2015)
Jan 20, 2015
鈥淭he Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation: Truth from the Graves and the Power of Identification鈥 Fredy Armando Peccerelli Monterroso is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist, human rights activist, and founding member of the Forensic Anthropology [...]
Lewis Wolpert (2007-2008)
Jan 30, 2008
鈥淲hat Determines Our Beliefs?鈥 Lewis Wolpert is Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at University College London. He is a developmental biologist and a well-known advocate for public scientific [...]
Ruth Hubbard (1995-1996)
Oct 12, 1995
鈥淚n a Science Restructured on Feminist Lines, Would the Laws of Gravity Still Hold?鈥 Ruth Hubbard was a professor of biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship in biology. From the 1940s to the 1960s, she made important [...]
Ursula Franklin (1994-1995)
Feb 15, 1995
鈥淭echnology and the Task of Civilization: A Perspective of the 20th Century鈥 Ursula Franklin was a scientist, activist, and public figure known for her peace and climate activism. Franklin received her Ph.D. in experimental physics at the Technical University of Berlin in [...]
Richard Lewontin (1992-1993)
Feb 09, 1993
鈥淕enetic Determinism and the Problem of Human Equality鈥 Richard Lewontin is Emeritus Professor of Biology and Emeritus Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. [...]
Stephen Jay Gould (1987-1988)
Nov 18, 1987
鈥淗uman Equality is a Contingent Fact of History鈥 Stephen J. Gould was an evolutionary scientist, a professor at Harvard, and a leading opponent of scientific creationism. He was also a prominent author. His award-winning book, The Mismeasure of Man, examined the racist [...]
Marilyn Ferguson (1983-1984)
Mar 06, 1984
鈥淭he Visionary Factor鈥 Marilyn Ferguson was an American author, editor, and public speaker. She was best known for her 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, which became a key text of the New Age movement. After attending Mesa College and the University of Colorado, she began [...]
Bertram Vivian Bowden (1971-1972)
Oct 05, 1971
鈥淭he Education Scene in North America and Europe鈥 Lord Bertram Vivian Bowden was the principal of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. After earning his PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge, Bowden taught physics at a number of schools. [...]
Gordon Brown (1969-1970)
Jan 30, 1970
鈥淎spects of the Interaction Between Technology and Society鈥 Gordon Brown was a professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an authority on servomechanisms 鈥 automatic feedback control systems 鈥 and their application to emerging computer [...]
Michael Swann (1969-1970)
Nov 05, 1969
鈥淭he Scientist鈥檚 Uneasy Conscience鈥 Michael Swann was principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, where he was also a professor of natural history. Swann was a biologist and zoologist whose research addressed cell division and fertilization. At the time [...]
John Eccles (1968-1969)
Oct 16, 1968
鈥淭he Necessity of Freedom for the Flowering of Science鈥 Sir John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher, and professor at a number of universities in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, including the University of Buffalo. Eccles was the 1963 [...]