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David William Schindler, OC AOE FRSC FRS, (August 3, 1940 – March 4, 2021) was an American/Canadian limnologist. [2] He held the Killam Memorial Chair and was Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton , Alberta .
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.He is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. [1]
He is a professor of philosophy and neural science at New York University, as well as co-director of NYU's Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness (along with Ned Block). [2] [3] In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. [4] In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. [5]
The History of Science Society was founded in 1924 [1] by George Sarton, [3] David Eugene Smith, [6] and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, [7] primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912 [8] in Belgium.
David Quammen (born February 24, 1948) is an American writer focusing on science, nature, and travel. He is the author of fifteen books. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in Outside , National Geographic , Harper's Magazine , Rolling Stone , The New York Times Book Review , The New Yorker , and other periodicals.
[2] [3] In 1989 he began teaching the first course on the topic, examining history from the Big Bang to the present using a multidisciplinary approach [4] [5] with the assistance of scholars in diverse specializations from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. [4]
David Charles Lindberg (November 15, 1935 – January 6, 2015) was an American historian of science. His main focus was in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially physical science and the relationship between religion and science. Lindberg was the author or editor of many books and received numerous grants and awards.
David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955) is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature.