Biomedical Sciences Department
Professor
Biomedical Science Department
256 Padnos Hall
Allendale, Michigan 49401
Phone: 616-331-3530
Fax: 616-331-2090
email: kopperls@gvsu.edu
FALL OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 1 - 2 p.m.
Tuesday: 11 a.m. - 12 noon
Wednesday: 11 a.m. - 12 noon
Thursday: 10 - 11 a.m.
I have learned much from my teachers;
And from my colleagues more than from my teachers.
But from my students, more than from them all.
(from the Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit, 7a)
COURSES TAUGHT
BMS 495 - Concepts in Wellness (Capstone)
HSC 201 - Scientific Revolution
HSC 202 - Technological Revolution
EDUCATION/TRAINING
BS - Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland
Ph.D. - Chemistry/History of Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The history of chemistry and medicine
The relationship between art history and the history of science.
Science and medicine as discussed in ancient and medieval "authoritative" texts.
PUBLICATIONS
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "Werner's Papers: (Book Review of G.B.Kauffman's Classics in Coordination Chemistry)" Science, (1969), 163:1190.
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "`Molecular Reality,' by Mary Jo Nye," Book Review, Isis, 68:659, 1977.
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "`Fighting Infection', by Harry Dowling," Book Review, Isis, 69:474-1978.
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "`Electrochemistry: History and Theory,' by Wilhelm Ostwald," Book Review, Isis, 73:452-3, 1982.
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "`Inorganic Coordination Compounds,' by George B. Kauffman," Book Review, Isis, 74:112-3, 1983.
Sheldon J. Kopperl, "Cradle to Grave: Life, Work and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines," by Larry Lankton, Michigan Academician, May 1992.
