HISTORY OF SCIENCE AT WILLIAMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PREFACE TO A HISTORY OF SCIENCE AT WILLIAMS
  PREFACE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (to the first edition)
  INTRODUCTION
  
  • CHAPTER ONE: The Sciences and the Curriculum
    1. Science in the United States, 1789-1916
    2. Natural Philosophy - for the Greater Glory of God
    3. A Century of Curricular Change
    4. The Civil War
    5. Science and the Elective System
    6. Instruments and Laboratories
    7. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER TWO: Weather, Stars, and Living Nature
    1. Introduction
    2. Early Meteorological Observations
    3. Astronomy and the Hopkins Observatory
    4. The Lyceum of Natural History
    5. Summing up: The First 100 Years
  • CHAPTER THREE: Two Wars and a Depression
    1. From the Turn of the Century to World War I
    2. Laboratory Work at Williams
    3. Laboratory Facilities
    4. Graduate Destinations
    5. Darwinism at Williams
    6. Curricular Reform and the Sciences
    7. World War I
    8. Between the World Wars, 1918-1941
       1. Geology
       2. Physics
       3. Science for Non-Scientists
       4. Honors
       5. Williams/MIT Engineering Collaborative
• The Second World War
  • Curricular Changes
  • The V-1 Program
  • The V-5 Program
  • The V-12 Program
  • Other Curricular Changes
  • Physics at Williams and World War II
  • Wartime Faculty: Exodus, Reskilling, and Scavenging
• After The War : Recovery and Lull
  • Science and President Baxter
  • Graduate Education in the Sciences
  • The Science Club
• CHAPTER FOUR: The 1960s, Turning Point for Science at Williams
  New Programs, Facilities, and Research
  1. A Redefinition of Biology
  2. New Curricular Concentrations
     • Astrophysics
     • Psychology as a Natural Science
     • Environmental Studies At Williams
     • History of Science and Non-majors Courses
  3. New Facilities
  4. Bronfman Science Center
  5. Williams Enters The Computer Age
  6. The Growth of Research
• CHAPTER 5: From Bronfman to the Unified Science Center
  1. The Integration of Research and Teaching
  2. Intellectual Changes: New Programs and a New Department
  3. External Sources of Funds
  4. The Summer Programs
     • The Bronfman Summer Research Program
     • The Summer Research Colloquia
     • The Summer Premedical Program, 1968 to 1982
     • The Summer Science Program (SSP)
     • Self Presentation and Report of Science at Williams
  5. Science at Williams vs. Major Research
     • Faculty Leave
  6. Physical changes: Renovations and New Construction
  7. Conclusion
• Notable Events in the History of Science at Williams College