George Basalla (1928 – September 5, 2025) was an American historian of science and professor at the University of Delaware.[1]
Life and career
Basalla was born in 1928.[2] He 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 an associate professor at the University of Delaware in 1971.[5] He retired to become a professor emeritus in 1999.[6]
Basalla died on September 5, 2025, at the age of 97.[7]
Books
Basalla's books include:
- Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials (Oxford University Press, 2006)[8]
- The Evolution of Technology (Cambridge University Press, 1989)[9]
- 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)[10]
- The Rise of Modern Science: Internal or External Factors? (edited, D. C. Heath, 1968)[11]
- 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)[12]
See also
References
- ↑ "Emeriti Faculty - Department of History". Department of History. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Search the 1940 Census". 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ↑ "Ph. D. Theses in the History of Science By Year: 1941 through 2015" (PDF). Harvard Department of the History of Science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ↑ "News". Isis. 55 (2): 209–212. June 1964. doi:10.1086/349830. JSTOR 228187. S2CID 224836476.
- ↑ "Historical news and notices". The Journal of Southern History. 37 (1): 147–155. February 1971. JSTOR 2205961.
- ↑ "Historical news and notices". The Journal of Southern History. 65 (1): 207–217. February 1999. JSTOR 2587786.
- ↑ "George Basalla Obituary (2025) - Newark, DE - Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory - Newark". Legacy.com. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ Reviews of Civilized Life in the Universe:
- Brown, Helen (30 April 2006). "ET has been phoning home for centuries". The Daily Telegraph.
- Dick, Steven J. (January 2007). Physics Today. 60 (1): 57–58. Bibcode:2007PhT....60a..57B. doi:10.1063/1.2709561.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Foust, Jeff (12 June 2006). "Review". The Space Review.
- Hengeveld, Rob (March 2007). Acta Biotheoretica. 54 (4): 301–304. doi:10.1007/s10441-007-9003-z. S2CID 83897164.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Shermer, Michael (3 March 2006). "Deities for atheists". Science. New Series. 311 (5765): 1244. doi:10.1126/science.1126115. JSTOR 3845819. S2CID 170330171.
- Texley, Juliana (March–April 2007). Journal of College Science Teaching. 36 (5): 63. JSTOR 42992698.
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- ↑ Reviews of The Evolution of Technology:
- Social Studies of Science. 20 (3): 571. August 1990. JSTOR 285013.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Barco, Juan Manuel Matés (December 1991). "Review of 1991 Spanish edition". Revista de Historia Económica. 9 (3): 596–601. doi:10.1017/s0212610900003141. S2CID 154954314.
- Braun, Ernst (June 1990). Prometheus. 8 (1): 171–172. doi:10.1080/08109029008631882.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Braun, Hans-Joachim (1991). VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 78 (2): 292–293. JSTOR 20735975.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bruyn, G. W. (June 1991). Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 103 (2): 240. doi:10.1016/0022-510x(91)90176-8. S2CID 54412324.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dunlavy, Colleen A. (1 September 1989). Science. New Series. 245 (4921): 991. doi:10.1126/science.245.4921.991. JSTOR 1704203. PMID 17780540.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Fleck, James (Spring 1992). "Selectionism dominant: An essay review". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 17 (2): 237–248. doi:10.1177/016224399201700207. JSTOR 689787.
- Hansen, James R. (September 1990). Isis. 81 (3): 556–557. doi:10.1086/355480. JSTOR 233447.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hollister-Short, Graham (June 1990). The British Journal for the History of Science. 23 (2): 239–241. doi:10.1017/S0007087400044939. JSTOR 4026742. S2CID 144799406.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ilerbaig, Juan F. (December 1992). "Review of 1991 Spanish edition". Arbor. 143 (564): 117–120. ProQuest 1301394344.
- Joravsky, David (7 December 1989). "Machine dreams". The New York Review of Books.
- Langrish, John (January 1990). Design Studies. 11 (1): 56–IBC. doi:10.1016/0142-694x(90)90018-8.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mayr, Otto (January 1991). Technology and Culture. 32 (1): 130–131. doi:10.2307/3106017. JSTOR 3106017.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Regis, Ed (9 April 1989). "Exposing the myth of 'eureka'". The worlds of science. The New York Times.
- Schick, Kathy D. (March 1990). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 65 (1): 63–64. doi:10.1086/416595. JSTOR 2831558.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Schnaars, Steven P. (January 1989). International Journal of Forecasting. 5 (4): 611–612. doi:10.1016/0169-2070(89)90019-8.
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- Social Studies of Science. 20 (3): 571. August 1990. JSTOR 285013.
- ↑ Reviews of Victorian Science:
- Farrall, Lyndsay (December 1972). Isis. 63 (4): 584–585. doi:10.1086/351024. JSTOR 229798.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Morrell, J. B. (June 1972). The British Journal for the History of Science. 6 (1): 99–100. doi:10.1017/S0007087400012152. JSTOR 4025281. S2CID 126479683.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Oppenheimer, Jane (September 1971). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 46 (3): 278. JSTOR 2822520.
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- Farrall, Lyndsay (December 1972). Isis. 63 (4): 584–585. doi:10.1086/351024. JSTOR 229798.
- ↑ Review of The Rise of Modern Science:
- Thackray, Arnold (Fall 1970). Isis. 61 (3): 398–399. doi:10.1086/350659. JSTOR 229695.
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- Thackray, Arnold (Fall 1970). Isis. 61 (3): 398–399. doi:10.1086/350659. JSTOR 229695.
- ↑ Review of The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton:
- Parkinson, George Henry Radcliffe (1970). Studia Leibnitiana. 2 (2): 146–147. JSTOR 40693594.
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- Parkinson, George Henry Radcliffe (1970). Studia Leibnitiana. 2 (2): 146–147. JSTOR 40693594.
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