Split (1)

train · 485k rows

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.

id stringlengths 40 40	title stringlengths 15 120	text stringlengths 41 3.14k	source stringclasses 2 values
6d3424d308c446b0f33edf6d12d71febc82e99ec	emmett reid dunn (november 21, 1894 – february	emmett reid dunn (november 21, 1894 – february 13, 1956) was an american herpetologist and educator noted for his work in panama and for studies of salamanders in the eastern united states.	wikipedia
fd90914de7a30518676015813eb19b9a66b98dfb	helen h. fielding is a professor of physical	helen h. fielding is a professor of physical chemistry at university college london (ucl). she focuses on ultrafast transient spectroscopy of protein chromophores and molecules. she was the first woman to win the royal society of chemistry (rsc) harrison-meldola memorial prize (1996) and marlow award (2001).	wikipedia
607c3c6a68373db2b6232e39b02b15b6e69d57bb	she has worked extensively on ultrafast chemical biology	she has worked extensively on ultrafast chemical biology in the gas phase. fielding developed time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to study the relaxation dynamics of photoexcited molecules. she has investigated the intramolecular dynamics of vibrationally and electronically excited benzene, and demonstrated new el...	wikipedia
d9b44c1dc6b3c93ff1c25bfee264d2bcd3cd62ed	fielding was made an epsrc advanced research fellow	fielding was made an epsrc advanced research fellow in 2001, and was the first woman to be awarded the royal society of chemistry marlow medal. in 2003 fielding moved to university college london, where she leads a large laser laboratory. her recent research has focussed on the dynamics of excited states formed during ...	wikipedia
e2490cdaee84d77fad2f4f94724a2881961cfb7c	she made the first observation of a wave	she made the first observation of a wave packet in a rydberg molecule in 2000. this observation made her interested in coherent control, looking to exploit the phase of a rotating rydberg molecule to manipulate the dynamics of chemical systems. she explored the decay pathways of the rydberg molecule no. fielding used t...	wikipedia
3da3808ddd7112de757e063d7f9a3352f36fe7d6	fielding was appointed a lecturer at king's college	fielding was appointed a lecturer at king's college london in 1994 after only 18 months of postdoctoral work. she was the first woman to be awarded the harrison-meldola memorial prize in 1996. she is interested in how to excite electron functions coherently, generating a wave packets with a localised probability distri...	wikipedia
b3f95d22b60737ceb8b22e715426f2baa580553b	fielding was a scientist at the national physical	fielding was a scientist at the national physical laboratory from 1992 to 1993. in 1993 she joined the university of amsterdam as a postdoctoral fellow, working with ben van linden van den heuvell. here she worked on rydberg wave packets in coulombic and magnetic fields.	wikipedia
b877e543402d60bc30f93edb233fd33f84e43c56	fielding studied the natural sciences tripos at the	fielding studied the natural sciences tripos at the university of cambridge. she began her phd at the university of cambridge, working with timothy softley, but moved with him to the university of oxford where they studied excited quantum states using photoelectron spectroscopy. she was awarded her doctor of philosophy...	wikipedia
717162e2e891d9479d433f5bfea8bd4e07545d58	helen h. fielding frsc finstp cphys cchem is	helen h. fielding frsc finstp cphys cchem is a professor of physical chemistry at university college london (ucl). she focuses on ultrafast transient spectroscopy of protein chromophores and molecules. she was the first woman to win the royal society of chemistry (rsc) harrison-meldola memorial prize (1996) and marlow ...	wikipedia
33aedf3b7eeb7b4484768d7944d17306068cb7e7	sara josephine baker was an american physician notable	sara josephine baker was an american physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of new york city. her fight against the damage that widespread urban poverty and ignorance caused to children, especially newborns, is perhaps her most lasting legacy. in 1917, she n...	wikipedia
c627229a83e4e815ae2b849bde7d015c11297396	in 1923, baker retired, but she did not	in 1923, baker retired, but she did not stop working. she became the first woman to be a professional representative to the league of nations when she served on the health committee for the united states from 1922 to 1924. she was also active in many groups and societies including over twenty-five medical societies and...	wikipedia
32c99393b98f07cbbe16dc1f10a8a0719bd657fc	baker spent much of the later part of	baker spent much of the later part of her life with ida alexa ross wylie, a novelist, essayist, and hollywood scriptwriter from australia who identified as a "woman-oriented woman". when baker retired in 1923, she started to run their household while writing her autobiography, fighting for life. in 1935 and four years ...	wikipedia
fbdb38d942cc2bc07ac92eba7ae75eae47c714cc	after the united states entered world war i,	after the united states entered world war i, baker became even better known. most of this publicity was generated from her comment to a new york times reporter. she told him that it was "six times safer to be soldier in the trenches of france than to be a baby born in the united states." she was able to start a lunch p...	wikipedia
0571e9019fc4a4ddbc4fadfdbbbbc816d17b1678	josephine baker was becoming famous, so much so	josephine baker was becoming famous, so much so that new york university medical school asked her to lecture there on children's health, or "child hygiene", as it was known at the time. baker said she would if she could also enroll in the school. the school initially turned her down, but eventually acquiesced after loo...	wikipedia
8843b1f115206750f251151dfaff1448c616f64c	early in her career, baker had twice helped	early in her career, baker had twice helped to catch mary mallon, also known as "typhoid mary". mallon was the first known healthy carrier of typhoid, who instigated several separate outbreaks of the disease and is known to have infected more than 50 people through her job as a cook. at least three of the people she in...	wikipedia
315b0ab7d557e08efe62da0a6ee925d34a045e50	while baker was campaigning to license midwives, treat	while baker was campaigning to license midwives, treat blindness, encourage breastfeeding, provide safe pasteurized milk, and educate mothers, older children were still getting sick and malnourished. baker worked to make sure each school had its own doctor and nurse, and that the children were routinely checked for inf...	wikipedia
1ff78a2a12ff93890a8adda98a4ccf23d1ee55e8	through josephine baker's efforts, infants were much safer	through josephine baker's efforts, infants were much safer than they had been the previous year; blindness decreased from 300 babies per year to 3 per year. but there was still one area where infancy was dangerous: at birth. babies were often delivered by midwives, who were excluded from the formal training available t...	wikipedia
e5a8c53a7c59216471efc6175655e0bd5b1f5b9c	baker aided in the prevention of infant blindness,	baker aided in the prevention of infant blindness, a scourge caused by gonorrhea bacteria transmitted during birth. to prevent blindness, babies were given drops of silver nitrate in their eyes. before baker arrived, the bottles in which the silver nitrate was kept would often become unsanitary or would contain doses t...	wikipedia
24f06a901504948066e1cd250947b2752767bd7c	baker and a group of nurses started to	baker and a group of nurses started to train mothers in how to care for their babies: how to clothe infants to keep them from getting too hot, how to feed them a good diet, how to keep them from suffocating in their sleep, and how to keep them clean. she set up a milk station where clean milk was given out. commercial ...	wikipedia
ddd9ae93f2bfe1c2e5de5ab716dbb945429e6ac0	after working diligently in the school system, baker	after working diligently in the school system, baker was offered an opportunity to help lower the mortality rate in hell's kitchen. it was considered the worst slum in new york at the turn of the century, with as many as 4,500 people dying every week. baker decided to focus on the infant mortality rate in particular, a...	wikipedia
75906af87c8e7fd027be9a08330f431d1d399bd2	the way to keep people from dying from	the way to keep people from dying from disease, it struck me suddenly, was to keep them from falling ill. healthy people don't die. it sounds like a completely witless remark, but at that time it was a startling idea. preventative medicine had hardly been born yet and had no promotion in public health work.	wikipedia
7dae60c04e982fb5d2bdf837cc1acc86cc24e281	baker began practicing as a private physician in	baker began practicing as a private physician in new york city following her internship. in 1901, baker passed the civil service exam and qualified to be a medical inspector at the department of health, and worked as a part-time inspector in 1902. known as "dr. joe," she wore masculine-tailored suits and joked that col...	wikipedia
8d16c6886874707379e3cb594d94e8e44e743248	after studying chemistry and biology at home, she	after studying chemistry and biology at home, she enrolled in the new york infirmary medical college, a medical school for women, founded by the sisters and physicians elizabeth blackwell and emily blackwell. the only class she failed—"the normal child", taught by anne daniel —led to her fascination with the future rec...	wikipedia
b56584dbf51d978cfe68d6ec77535240dde5ba82	baker was born in poughkeepsie, new york, in	baker was born in poughkeepsie, new york, in 1873 to a wealthy quaker family. after her father and brother died of typhoid, baker felt pressure to support her mother and sister financially. so, at the age of 16, baker decided on a career in medicine.	wikipedia
30f2bb8da8de4966d6fe986f4fb0ae47a0248df4	sara josephine baker (november 15, 1873 – february	sara josephine baker (november 15, 1873 – february 22, 1945) was an american physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of new york city. her fight against the damage that widespread urban poverty and ignorance caused to children, especially newborns, is perhaps...	wikipedia
86e722918dc2a8f26bdaee3f1a184c370210eca5	gerhard wilhelm goetze was a german-born ph.d. researcher	gerhard wilhelm goetze was a german-born ph.d. researcher and inventor in atomic physics. he was primarily known for his work on the moon-to-earth apollo tv camera making live broadcast in both brilliant sunlight and pitch darkness possible. goetze discovered the secondary electron conduction (sec) effect which amplifi...	wikipedia
c9a62d7a8a72ad5d89b4f063a42f4f15e4ae7e84	the sec tube was used on the orbiting	the sec tube was used on the orbiting astronomical observatory as the main sensor, on apollo 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, in the atm satellites as well as the oso-h and sas-d space projects.	wikipedia
2d37d24ec7ab320b5178a3d4bd003b7d798bb912	the sec tube was used to build a	the sec tube was used to build a camera to transmit live images from the moon to earth on apollo 11. the tube was also employed in science in electron microscope biological tissue study; ground-based astronomy, material testing and inspection of integral circuits in industry, and security and police.	wikipedia
1a59feefc8089f989e945f4b0a9bc2acf835d9c3	the sec tube had dod highly top secret	the sec tube had dod highly top secret security classification but was the only device that could meet the apollo camera mission requirements to operate in both lunar day and night. the dod was asked to allow westinghouse the use of the sec tube for the apollo tv camera program. the task to develop this unique sec tube...	wikipedia
4aeb6a3853b1969b23ab740d9e147ab26d8d4f75	in the early 1960s in the pittsburgh research	in the early 1960s in the pittsburgh research laboratories the sec (secondary electron conduction) effect was discovered by goetze. this was developed for the department of defense (dod) for night vision in vietnam. it had the capability to produce clear images in motion at low light levels without motion distortion.	wikipedia
f35f6d1b8df3a4710713041bba261f76c81c737f	in october 1960 at the fifth international congress	in october 1960 at the fifth international congress on high speed photography, a. anderson, manager of the applied physics department of westinghouse research laboratories stated that, "a new electronic tube, so sensitive it can 'see' individual particles of light, has enabled westinghouse scientists to photograph the ...	wikipedia
318b51296535bf3ab2c76a767bf89b914311a69a	he continued his joy for flying his entire	he continued his joy for flying his entire life. his last aircraft, a 1960 single engine cessna 182 skylane was flown in 2007 after his death by his two sons, frank, senior pilot for fedex and thomas, mechanical engineer, across the atlantic ocean over 10 days and 40 flight hours from kassel airport, germany to beaver ...	wikipedia
765ba61cc0395f1b83ed698529f2acddec106429	while living in elmira, new york, goetze spent	while living in elmira, new york, goetze spent many weekends with his family at the harris hill soaring club pursuing his hobby as a sailplane pilot. in 1969 goetze traveled to pikes peak near colorado springs, colorado for the final qualifying test for the prestigious 3 diamond badge in gliding from the fai gliding co...	wikipedia
cdb2269a40ba8269a313c54cf251b56df56651d2	goetze's passion in life was for gliding. he	goetze's passion in life was for gliding. he began his interest at the blaue kuppe in the countryside of the werra-meißner area. goetze was one of the early members (1964) of the eschwege luftsportverrein (local glider soaring club).	wikipedia
5a0f3168115ae98171fce81e626bcb6da115e5cb	in 1981 goetze headed fanal elektric, an electronic	in 1981 goetze headed fanal elektric, an electronic components manufacturer in germany, who sold 95% of its stock shares to westinghouse to secure the american market. in 1989, goetze along with other investors, purchased fanal elektric from westinghouse and grew fanal with 3 other firms; hundt & weber, maihak aktienge...	wikipedia
9234aa113c26850b80a979a97facec340b9adf0d	in 1964, he moved with his wife and	in 1964, he moved with his wife and five children to elmira, new york, to continue his work at the westinghouse cathode ray tube facility in nearby horseheads, new york. as operations manager, goetze grew the department from a team of six to more than 170 scientists and staff. his work through westinghouse was an integ...	wikipedia
d06de0740c718994342f28f21f61edba923ffbb1	in the summer of 1959 the family moved	in the summer of 1959 the family moved to monroeville, pennsylvania, where goetze worked for the westinghouse electric corporation research and development laboratories in pittsburgh. his early research on night vision was initially classified for the department of defense. it was later declassified by the federal gove...	wikipedia
84651a697718cd6bbeb73a91f3871deb83139071	goetze traveled from germany to new york in	goetze traveled from germany to new york in january 1959 with his pregnant wife and two children under the sponsorship of the united states department of the army in the national interest. they lived for several months in the alamac hotel on broadway and west 71st street in new york city until employment was found.	wikipedia
9fe37847c463f60c11232d59f683dd7e1a4ad2ff	in 1954, gerhard married lisa herta kohlus of	in 1954, gerhard married lisa herta kohlus of eschwege. they had five children, two born in the convent of vincent de paul in eschwege, germany; regina karin and martin gerhard and three children born in wilkinsburg, pennsylvania, us; frank walter, arleen susan and thomas wilhelm. their marriage ended in divorce.	wikipedia
22871416d9f37f3fb11baaa2fec60aec087943b5	his concentration in nuclear physics led to his	his concentration in nuclear physics led to his doctoral thesis in zerfallsschema und beta-spektrum des msth1 (ra228) (disintegration schematic and beta spectrum of mesothorium) (isotopes of radium). goetze later found electrons to be more interesting and continued his work in atomic physics.	wikipedia