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2. Making waves in physics.

Author

Berry, Michael

Subjects
MATHEMATICAL singularities, WAVE-length of light
Abstract

Focuses on research performed on wave singularities in the 1830s. Determination of George Biddell Airy that rainbows are singularities of infinite light softened by wave physics; Discovery of William Whewell that the oceans consist of rotating tidal systems revolving around a still point; William Rowan Hamilton's discovery of diabolical points in light waves during polarization.

Published
2000
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3. 1998 Sewall Wright Award: William Donald Hamilton.

Author

Holt, Robert D. and Moran, Nancy A.

Subjects
*AWARDS
Abstract

Profiles William Donald Hamilton, recipient of the Seawall Wright Award. Papers on the theory of inclusive fitness and the evolution of eusociality; Contributions to the evolutionary theory of senescence and analysis of life-history evolution; His concept of the selfish herd; Other contributions.

Published
1999
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4. The 'Meidias' hydria: a visual and textual journey of a Greek vase in the history of art of antiquity (c. 1770s-1840s).

Author

Kalkanis, Emmanouil

Subjects
RED-figured vases, HYDRIAE, HERACLES (Greek mythological character), DIOSCURI (Greek mythology), HISTORY of the arts
Abstract

The article offers the author's insights regarding the Meidias hydria, a red-figured Greek vase formerly owned by British Representative William Hamilton which shows Greek mythology characters Heracles and others in the Hesperides garden and the abduction of the Leucippus' daughters by Dioscuri. The author discusses the history of the reception and the visual and textual responses to the shape of the hydria and painted scenes.

Published
2013

5. W.D. Hamilton, 1936?2000.

Author

Moran, Nancy, Pierce, Naomi, and Seger, Jon

Subjects
BIOLOGISTS, INTERPERSONAL relations
Abstract

Profiles biologist William Donald Hamilton. Founding of the theory of inclusive fitness or 'kin selection'; Contributions in the improvement of the concept of social behavior; Works; Employment history; Major contribution to the evolutionary theory; Death.

Published
2000
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6. The philosophy of the conditioned.

Author

Mounce, H.O.

Subjects
REALISM
Abstract

Discusses the philosophy of realism by William Hamilton that sense-experiences not the object of perception but rather that `whereby' we perceive. Summary of Thomas Reid's analysis; View of an illusion viewed by the third-person point of view; Naturalism as distinguished from empiricism; Philosophy of the conditioned; Difference between the relative and the subjective; Absolute conception.

Published
1994
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7. Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives.

Author

Zimmer, Carl

Subjects
*ANIMAL societies, *BIOLOGISTS, *CHICKS
Abstract

Why are worker ants sterile? Why do birds sometimes help their parents raise more chicks, instead of having chicks of their own? Why do bacteria explode with toxins to kill rival colonies? In 1964, the British biologist William Hamilton published a landmark paper to answer these kinds of questions. Sometimes, he argued, helping your relatives can spread your genes faster than having children of your own. For the past 46 years, biologists have used Dr. Hamilton's theory to make sense of how animal societies evolve. They've even applied it to the evolution of our own species. But in the latest issue of the journal Nature, a team of prominent evolutionary biologists at Harvard try to demolish the theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010

8. PROGRAM EVALUATION: STATE OF THE ART/STATE OF THE PRACTICE.

Author

Poister, Theodore H.

Subjects
EVALUATING Federal Social Programs: An Uncertain Art (Book), PROGRAM Evaluation at HEW: Research Versus Reality (Book), EVALUATING Alcohol & Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness: Recent Advances (Book), SOCIAL Experiment in Program Evaluation: The Housing Allowance Administrative Agency Experiment, A (Book), LEVITAN, Sar A., WURZBURG, Gregory, ALBERT, James, SOBELL, Linda, HAMILTON, William
Abstract

Reviews several books on public administration. "Evaluating Federal Social Programs: An Uncertain Art," by Sar A. Levitan and Gregory Wurzburg; "Program Evaluation at HEW: Research Versus Reality," edited by James G. Albert; "Evaluating Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness: Recent Advances," by Linda Sobell; "A Social Experiment in Program Evaluation: The Housing Allowance Administrative Agency Experiment," by William L. Hamilton; Others.

Published
1981
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9. Believing Is Seeing.

Author

Barash, David P.

Subjects
BIOLOGICAL evolution, DISEASES, BIOLOGY, SCIENCE
Abstract

Focuses on anomalies in the field of evolutionary biology. Identification of William D. Hamilton's inclusive-fitness theory which pave the way for the Kuhnian paradigmatic revolution; Discussion on disease syndrome which is an anomaly by definition; Application of the notion that believing is seeing on the teaching of science.

Published
2003

10. William Hamilton (1936-2000)

Author

Haig, David, Pierce, Naomi E., and Wilson, Edward O.

Subjects
Hamilton, William, Evolution -- Research, Scientists -- Research, Science and technology, Research
Abstract

Bill Hamilton, one of the foremost evolutionary theorists of the 20th century, has died at the age of 63 from complications following malaria. Bill is best known for the concept [...]

Published
2000