Description: For historians of science, the name “Sarton” resonates like a deep-throated bell. Isis, the international journal that chemist and mathematician George Sarton (1884-1956) founded in Belgium in 1913, is now the premier publication of the History of Science Society. The field he envisioned is flourishing as well as continually responding to changes in science and its social
Description: Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker
Description: Today’s science museums build on the efforts of biologist George Roemmert (1892-1952), whose “Microvivarium” projected images of amoebas and other microscopic creatures.
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