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International Astronomical Union. Symposium (55th : 1972 : Madrid, Spain).

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Naranan, Sundaresan

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Svestka, Zidenek

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Warner, B.

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Commitee on Atmospheric Sciences.

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Sandage, Allan.

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Hulbert, Edward

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Lionel Electronic Laboratories.

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Gold, Thomas Ruggles, 1764-1827

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North American Aviation

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Way, Mack

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Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008

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John Archibald Wheeler is a physicist and a pioneer theorist on the existence of black holes. He studied under Herzfeld at Johns Hopkins University (Ph. D., 1933) and later studied nuclear fission with Niels Bohr. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298147 Physicist (atomic and nuclear theory, relativity theory, and cosmology). On the physics faculty at Princeton University from 1938; physicist, ...

Wasserburg, Gerald J. (Gerald Joseph), 1927-

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Geophysicist; John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Caltech and 1986 Crafoord Laureate. Known for work in planetary science. From the description of Papers of Gerald Wasserburg. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306144 ...

Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998

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Frederick Reines was a particle physicist and educator internationally recognized for his verification of the existence of the neutrino and investigation of its properties. From the description of Frederick Reines papers, ca. 1931-1999. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 43601433 Physicist (nuclear fission, free neutrinos, cosmic rays). From the description of Papers, 1956-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82630827 Physicist (nucl...

Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905-

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National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Atmospheric Sciences

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Blifford, Irving

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Blake, Richard, 1960-

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Ditfurth, Hoimar ˜vonœ 1962-

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C.F. Boehringer & Soehne

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National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel.

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Gillmor, C. Stewart, 1938-....

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National Science Foundation (U.S.). Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Science Programs.

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Stone, Edward, 1936-

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

International Scientific Radio Union

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Buckley, B. W.

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Malone, Thomas F

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American astronomical society. Division for planetary sciences

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Pawsey, J. L.

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United States. Navy. Senior Executive Service Management System.

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Wolf Foundation Prizes.

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Heckert, Richard Edwin, 1924-2010

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Born in Oxford, Ohio on 13 January 1924. Education: B.A., Miami University of Ohio (1944), M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois (1947), Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois (1955). Employment: 1949-1989 E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.. From the description of Oral history interview with Richard E. Heckert 1994 December 13 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 78584156 Richard E. Heckert was chairman and CEO of E.I. du...

Green, Constance Mclaughlin 1897-1975

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Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897. A.B. Smith College, 1919; M.A. Mt. Holyoke College, 1925; Ph.D. Yale, 1937. Married Donald Ross Green. Taught history at the University of Chicago, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Authored the two-volume Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 (1962-63), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for history. Other books include: American Cities in the Growth of the Nation (1965); Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (1956); The Rise of Urba...

United States. National Commission on Space

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Press, Frank

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Rajsky, Vladimir

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Roederer, Juan G., 1929-....

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Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.)

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Interscience Publishers.

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Astrophysical Letters.

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American physical society

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This professional society of educators, industrial and government research workers, and students of physics and related fields, was established in 1899 to promote the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. The Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Study was commissioned by the American Physical Society on November 20, 1983 to evaluate the status of the science and technology of DEW. A study group was formed by Novembe...

Nobel Prizes.

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Shapshak, Paul

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Tuzzolino, Anthony J., 1931-

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National Science Foundation (U.S.)

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University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

Meegan, Charles A., 1944-....

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Hewlett, Richard G.

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Shapiro, Maurice

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Space Science Board

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National Space Club

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Wood, K. S.

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Hughes Aircraft Company

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Manuel, O. (Oliver), 1936-

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Webb, J. H. (John Harold), 1942-

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National Research Council (U.S.). Naval Studies Board

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Córdova, France A.

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O’Brien, Brian J., 1934-

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Continental Electric Company.

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Sarabhai, Vikram A., 1919-1971

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Taylor, B. G.

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Clemens, Cyril, 1902-1999

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Cyril Clemens (1902- ) was editor of the Mark Twain Journal and president of an international Mark Twain society. Clemens was a native of St. Louis, Mo.; son of James R. and Katherine Boland Clemens; and a kinsman of Samuel L. Clemens. From the guide to the Cyril Clemens Papers, ., 1936-1976, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Cyril Clemens, born in St. Louis on July 14, 1902, died in Kirkwood on May 16, 1999. Distant cous...

Aerojet-General Corporation

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United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research

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Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) George ...

Ruzicka, Emil

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Oster, Ludwig

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Ne'eman, Yuval

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Swings, P. (Polydore), 1906-1983

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Astrophysicist. From the description of Curriculum vitae: Liste et analyse des publications, ca. 1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83850060 Astrophysicist (comets, interstellar medium, stellar spectroscopy, shell stars, nebulae). On the astrophysics faculty at Universite̕ de Liege from 1927; on the faculty at University of Chicago, 1939-1942; and president, International Astronomical Union, 1964-1967. From the description of Correspondence with Otto Struve [mi...

Harwit, Martin, 1931-

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Astrophysicist. Martin Harwit served as professor of astronomy at Cornell University and as co-director of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Program. In 1987 he was appointed director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. He received a Ph.D. in physics in 1960 from M.I.T. and taught at Cornell since 1962. Harwit's research interests have included observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, infrared astronomy, galaxy formation, and the history o...

E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research

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Schnopper, Herbert

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Goldberg, David, 1969-....

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International Balzan Foundation.

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Woodridge, David

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Osheroff, Douglas D.

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Lockhart, Luther B.

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Feldman, Paul D.

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Huh, Oscar K. (Oscar Karl), 1935-

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Zombeck, Martin V.

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Vallee, Bert L.

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Hulburt, Edward O. (Edward Olson), 1890-

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Perrenod, Stephen Charles

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Warga, Mary

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Hirsch, Richard, 1944-

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Wills, R.D.

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Thorne, Kip S.

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Teague, Olin E., 1910-

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Cavanaugh, Robert

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Harford, James J.

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Epithet: surveyor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0003a7 ...

Horgan, John, 1953-....

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Shapiro, Maurice M. (Maurice Mandel), 1915-

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Hines, C. O. (Colin O.)

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Commonwealth Fund.

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The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with an endowment of ten million dollars from Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness (nee Anna M. Richardson).Its charter was broad: "to do something for the welfare of mankind." TheFund's earliest activities were directed towards supporting the American Relief Administration in its post-war program of civilian relief in Austria and Eastern Europe. Edward Harkness, who led the Fund from 1918 to 1940, encouraged the development of programs in child welfare, child g...

Gibson, R. E.

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Pontificia Accademia delle scienze.

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Space Science Reviews.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Climate Board

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Shor, Franc

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Weymann, R. J. (Ray J.)

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Sapp, Earle

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International Magnetospheric Study

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Skylab Program

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Royal Society (Great Britain)

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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge began in 1645 when a group of eminent British thinkers started to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. Though the English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate interrupted its meetings, the Society was formally constituted in 1660. Two years later King Charles II granted the Society its first charter. A second royal charter was granted in 1663 when the Society was given its official nam...

World Space Congress (1992 : Washington, D.C.)

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Kassim, Namir E. (Namir El-Sheick), 1958-

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Fishman, Gerald J. (Gerald Jay), 1943-....

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Pasachoff, Jay M.

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King, J. W. (Joseph William)

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Kellerman, Ken

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Lomask, Milton.

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Science and Technology

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Christman, Albert B.

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Tananbaum, Harvey D.

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Astrophysicist. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1973. From the description of Oral history interview with Harvey Tananbaum, 2002 June 24, 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80633239 ...

Friedman, Jon R.

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Donahue, Thomas M.

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Thomas M. Donahue was a space and planetary scientist and a professor of physics. He taught at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pittsburgh prior to coming to the University of Michigan in 1974. He specialized in the atmosphere of Venus and the evolution of planets. He chaired Michigan's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and founded the Program for the Integrated Study of Global Change. From the description of Thomas M. Donahue photograph series. 1950s-2000. (University...

U.S. International Space Year Association

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Sloan, William A.

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Fierst, Herbert A., 1914-2005

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Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (U.S.)

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Marschall, Laurence A.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on International Relations

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Hertz, Paul Louis

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Strohmayer, Tod

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Pratt, Richard H., 1934-

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Richard Houghton Pratt, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, is a well known contributor and leader in the field of high energy atomic physics, as well as being an active environmentalist and experienced world traveler. He is also known for his assistance in the defection of many physicists from communist eastern bloc countries including Romania in the 1970s. Pratt was also involved in bringing Semester at Sea, a teaching voyage that circumnavigates the globe during a semester, to...

Ziegler, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1927-

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Ratcliffe, J. A. (John Ashworth)

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Human Rights

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Committee of Concerned Scientists

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The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) is a human rights organization composed of scientists, engineers, and scholars who promote academic and personal freedom for their colleagues worldwide. The Committee supports the rights of scientists to collaborate on research and share data, travel to conferences and meetings, and emigrate if they choose. More broadly, CCS advocates human treatment of all individuals and government compliance with human rights agreements. The...

National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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Tauber, Gerard

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Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997

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Lyman Spitzer (b. June 26, 1914, Toldedo, OH-d. March 31, 1997, Princeton, NJ) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer, and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device and is the namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. He also was the founding director of Project Matterhorn, Princeton University's pioneering program in ...

General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

Oda, Minoru, 1923-

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Giacconi, Riccardo

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National Research Council (U.S.). Space Science Board

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Turner, Martin

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Kaplan, Joseph A., 1902-1991

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Kaplan was born in Tapolcza, Hungary on Sept. 8, 1902; arrived in Baltimore, MD in 1910; BS in chemistry (1924) and MA (1926) and Ph. D (1927) in physics, Johns Hopkins Univ.; National Research Council fellow at Princeton Univ. (1927-28); asst. professor (1928-35), assoc. professor (1935-40), then professor, UCLA; chairman, Dept. of Physics (1938-44); director, Institute of Geophysics (1946-47); research centered on diatomic molecule spectra; nitrogen, oxygen, and mixture afterglows; upper atmos...

National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...

Academic Press

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United States. Astronomy Missions Board

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Thornton, Edward

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Epithet: Envoy to Denmark, the Hanse Towns, Iow- Saxony, and the Brazils British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0002b7 Epithet: Envoy to Sweden; of Add MS 37293 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x000303 Epithet: KCB 1870. Envoy to Brazil 1865, Minister to USA 1867 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Ca...

Princeton University. Dept. of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.

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Societe francaise de photographie.

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Jager, C. de (Cornelis), 1921-

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British Broadcasting Company

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The two part documentary ‘No Plan, No Peace: The inside story of Iraq’s descent into chaos’ was produced by BBC Current Affairs and broadcast on the 28th and 29th October 2007. From the guide to the BBC Documentary: ‘No Plan, No Peace’ Collection, 2007, (Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford) In December 1981, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of 13 controversial programmes by its Religious Affairs Correspondent, Gerald Priestland, under the title Priestland's...

New Scientist Publications.

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Associated Universities, Inc.

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Associated Universities, Inc. was founded in 1946 as the interuniversity corporation to administer Brookhaven National Laboratory. Participating universities included Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, University of Rochester, and Yale. Their objective was to create a multidisciplinary research institution, a primary purpose of which would be to provide, with the financial support of the Federal Government, fac...

Bearn, Alexander G., 1923-2009

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Physician. Bearn was Professor and Senior Physician at Rockefeller University Hospital, 1951-1964; Physician-in-Chief, New York Hospital; Chairman, Dept. of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, 1964-1975. From the description of Papers, 1957-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609126 ...

Mayer, Cornell H., 1921-2005

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Biographical Note 1921, Dec. 10 Born, Ossian, Iowa 1943 B.S., State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1944 1945 Served in navy, stationed at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C...

Brueckner, G. E. (Guenter E.)

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National Science Foundation (U.S.) Division of Astronomical Sciences.

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American Men of Science.

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Shoemaker, E. M. (Eugene Merle), 1928-1997

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Eugene Merl Shoemaker (1928-1997). From the description of Oral history interview with Eugene Merle Shoemaker, 1986 January 30 to 1988 September 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81474023 Eugene Merle Shoemaker (b. April 28, 1928, Los Angeles, California-d. July 18, 1997, Alice Springs, Australia) earned a B.S. in geology in 1947 from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) and subsequently earned a M.S. from the same institution in 1948. Upon graduating, Shoemaker ...

Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.)

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Founded on 13 Mar. 1871 to promote "the free exchange of views on scientific subjects, and the promotion of scientific inquiry among its members"; incorporated in Washington, D.C. on 20 May 1901. From the description of Philosophical Society of Washington publications, 1871-1962 (bulk 1871-1913). (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70969301 ...

Rollins college Winter Park, Fla.

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Stone, R. L.

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United States. President

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The President of the United States is the chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. The nation's founders originally intended the presidency to be a narrowly restricted institution. They distrusted executive authority because...

Henry, Richard B.C.

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Stichting De Koepel

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United States. Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board

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Chubb, Talbot A. (Talbot Albert)

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Villard, O. G., Jr.

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Parker, E.N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-

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Physicist. University of Chicago, 1957-. From the description of Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80398122 ...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Geophysics Film Committee.

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Akita, Kyo

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Universities Space Research Association

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Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000

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Herbert Friedman received his Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1940, and began working at the Naval Research Lab a year later. After two years of using X-ray radiation to detect manufacturing flaws, he was appointed head of the Electron Optics (1943-1958) branch of the Rocketry Division. In 1958 Friedman took over the Space Science Division until his retirement. From the description of Oral History interview with Herbert Friedman, 1983 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Golden, William T., 1909-2007

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Corporate director and trustee. Assistant to commissioner, Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1950; special consultant to President Truman to review government science activities, 1950-1951, which led to the creation of President's Science Advisory Committee. From the description of Federal science study file, 1950-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83850026 Scientist. From the description of William T. Golden papers, 1950-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983...

Cunkle, Wendy

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Silberberg, Rein, 1932-....

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Duncan, Francis, 1836-1888

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Piana, Anna

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Sehra, P. S.

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COSPAR.

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Wolfe, Arthur M., 1939-

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Porter, Richard W. (Richard William), 1913-

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Wentzel, Donat G., 1934-....

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American astronomical society

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Founded in 1899 as the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, in 1914 the name was changed to the American Astronomical Society. Its purpose is the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science. The Society became an Associate Member of the American Institute of Physics in 1958, and has been a full Member Society since 1966. It is also affiliated with the International Astronomical Union. From the description of Records of the Education Office, 1962-198...

Peterson, Laurence E., 1931-

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Penzias, Arno A.

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Astrophysicist. From the description of Papers of Arno A. Penzias. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208767 Biographical Note 1933, April 26 Born, Munich, Germany 1939 Fled with family from Germany to England 1940 Immigrated to the Uni...

American rocket society

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American Scientist.

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Goody, Richard M.

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United States. Naval Observatory

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Organizational History 1830 Establishment of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, Washington, D.C. 1843 1844 Construction of the observatory on its present site 1846 Publication of the first ...

Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)

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The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) was established in 1981 through the combined efforts of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), NASA, and the NSF to work in the creation of the Hubble Space Telescope and to manage observation time allocation and the data the telescope returned for future research. From the description of Records, 1964-2008. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 320338529 ...

Geophysics Research Forum (U.S.)

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Netrologic, Inc..

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Swarup, Gopal

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Office of the Foreign Secretary

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Schulman, James H.

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)

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Goldberg, Leo

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Van Allen, James A. (James Alfred), 1914-2006

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American geophysical union

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Venkatesan, D. (Doraswamy), 1924-

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics

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University of Chicago. Division of the Physical Sciences

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Formed in 1930, by the 1940s the University of Chicago's Division of the Physical Sciences included the Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Meteorology and Physics, as well as the Institute for the Study of Metals and the Institute for Nuclear Studies. The astronomer Walter Bartky served as dean of the division during this time. Some of the most critical scientific developments of the 20th century took place under the Division of the Physical Sc...

Mendillo, M. (Michael)

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Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium

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European Space Agency.

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Johnston, K. J. (Kenneth J.), 1941-....

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Saturday Review, Inc..

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Andorfer, Gregory

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Johnson, Frank

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...