John Servos
Encyclopedia
John William Servos is an American professor and historian of science. His research centers on the historical development of science as a discourse and in the form of institutions and on how science has situated itself historically in the culture at large.
Servos is the Anson D. Morse Professor of History at Amherst College
, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
, and past President (2002–2003) of the History of Science Society
.
His book, Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling, received the History of Science Society's Pfizer Award
for best book in the history of science in 1991.
He received his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1972, his and his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University
in 1979.
Servos is the Anson D. Morse Professor of History at Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the AAAS
Fellow of the AAAS is an honor accorded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to distinguished persons who are members of the Association. Fellows are elected annually by the AAAS Council for "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications [which] are...
, and past President (2002–2003) of the History of Science Society
History of Science Society
The History of Science Society is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science.It was founded in 1924 by George Sarton and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912....
.
His book, Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling, received the History of Science Society's Pfizer Award
Pfizer Award
The Pfizer Award is awarded annually by the History of Science Society "in recognition of an outstanding book dealing with the history of science"- Pfizer Awardees :...
for best book in the history of science in 1991.
He received his B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1972, his and his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in 1979.
Selected works
- Servos, John W., Physical chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling : the making of a science in America, Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990. ISBN 0691085668
- Crossley, Pamela Kyle; Lees, Lynn Hollen; Servos, John W., Global society : the world since 1900, Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0618018506