Articles of Historical Interest: A Collection of Scientific Interdisciplinary Literature

The following list is arranged alphabetically by title

Renato Dulbecco"A Turning Point in Cancer Research: Sequencing the Human Genome"
Science, Vol. 231 (1986), 1055-1056.
Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen"Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?"
Physical Review (1935), Vol. 47, 777-780
Alan M. Turing"Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
Mind 59 (1950), 433-460
Marcus W. Feldman, Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza"Cultural and Biological Evolutionary Processes, Selection for a Trait under Complex Transmission"
Theoretical Population Biology 9 (1976), 238-259.
Stephen J. Gould, Elisabeth S. Vrba"Exaptation— a missing term in the science of form"
Paleobiology, 8 (1982), No. 1, 4-15
Alain Aspect"Experimental Realization of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm Gedankenexperiment: A New Violation of Bell's Inequalities"
Physical Review Letters, July 1982, Vol. 42, No. 2, 91-94.
Conrad H. Waddington"Genetic Assimilation of an Acquired Character"
Evolution, (June 1953), Vol. 7, No. 2, 118-126
James D. Watson, Francis H. Crick"Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids"
Nature, April 25, 1953, No. 4356, 737.
Philip W. Anderson"More Is Different, Broken symmetry and the nature of the hierarchical structure of science"
Science, New Series, 177 (1972), 393-396.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Montague F. Ashley Montagu"Natural Selection and the Mental Capacities of Mankind"
Science, 106 (1947), 587-590.
Theodosius Dobzhansky"Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution"
The American Biology Teacher, 35 (1973), No. 3, 125-129.
John S. Bell"On The Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox"
Physics (1964), Vol. 1, No. 3, 195-200.
Nicolas L.S. Carnot"Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur le machines propes à développer cette puissance"
Annales scientifiques de l'É.N.S. 2° série. tome 1 (1872), 393-457.
Gottlob Frege"Sense and Reference"
The Philosophical Review, May 1948, Vol. 57, No. 3, 209-230 (German Original 1892).
Francisco J. Ayala"Teleological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology"
Philosophy of Science, 37 (1970), No. 1, 1-15
Michael B. Foster"The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science"
Mind 43 (1934), 446-468
Charles H. Townes"The Convergence of Science and Religion"
IBM's Think, April 1, 1966, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2-7
Robert B. Laughlin, David Pines, Joerg Schmalian, Branko P. Stojković, Peter G. Wolynes"The middle way"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97 (2000), No. 1, 32-37.
Allan C. Wilson"The Molecular Basis of Evolution"
Scientific American, October 1985, Vol. 253, No. 4, 164-173
Richard Rudner"The Scientist qua Scientist makes Value Judgments"
Philosophy of Science 20 (1953), 1-6
Francis H. CrickCentral Dogma of Molecular Biology
Nature, 227 (1970), 561-563
Wallace S. BroeckerClimatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?
Science 189 (1975): 460-463
Albert EinsteinConcerning an Heuristic Point of View Toward the Emission and Transformation of Light
Ann. Phys. 17 (1905) 132, 1-15.
James G. LennoxDarwin was a Teleologist
Biology and Philosophy 8 (1993), 409-421.
Gregor MendelExperiments in Plant Hybridation
Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn, vol. IV (1865), Abhandlungen, pp. 3–47
International Science Council Statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Living Together in Peace
The International Science Council (ISC)
International Science Council, Statement for the International Day of Living Together in Peace (2024)
The International Science Council (ISC)
Brandon CarterLarge number coincidences and the Antropic Principle in cosmology
M.S. Longair (ed.), "Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data", Reidel, Dordrecht 1974, 291-298
Duncan AikmanLemaitre follows two paths to truth. The famous physicist, who is also a priest, tells why he finds no conflict between science and religion
The New York Times, February 19, 1933
Ernst W. MayrThe Autonomy of Biology. The Position of Biology among the Sciences
The Quarterly Review of Biology, 71, (1996), No 1, 97-106
Georges Lemaître The Beginning of the World from the Point of View of Quantum Theory
Nature (May 1931), Vol. 127, No. 3210, 706.
Paul A.M. DiracThe Cosmological Constants
Nature 139 (1937), 323
Michael PolanyiThe Foundations of Academic freedom
The Lancet (May 1947), Vol. 249, issue 6453, 583-586.
Lynn T. White Jr.The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Science 155 (1967), 1203-1207
The Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Impact of Science on Society, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, January-April 1976
Alfred TarskiThe Semantic Conception of Truth: and the Foundations of Semantics
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar., 1944), pp. 341-376
Wolfhart PannenbergTheological questions for scientists
Zygon (March 1981), Vol. 16, Issue 1, 65-7.
Willard V. QuineTwo Dogmas of Empiricism
The Philosophical Review, January 1951, Vol. 60, No. 1, 20-43