In a sense, our story begins more than 500 million years ago in the late Proterozoic Era. That's when rifting continental plates spawned cataclysmic, lava-spewing volcanic eruptions as the ancient ...

Four men ranging in age from 18 to 20 were arraigned in North Berkshire District Court in May 1940, charged with breaking into a home on Florida Mountain and stealing various items. The men were ...

"The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment … but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind are absorbed in the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that ...

Florence Bascom was highly encouraged to attend college in an era when it wasn't common. She would become a trailblazing geologist, who, in 1893, was the first woman to earn a doctorate from Johns ...

Vol. 2, No. 2, HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (1983), pp. 130-142 (13 pages) In the history of science there have been many cases where former students ...

Discussion of all facets of lives, education, and careers of female scientists. Includes information on Mary Jane Rathbun, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Anna Comstock, Katherine J. Bush, Erminnie Smith, ...