Highlighted story of a long and unusual life, 1998.

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Highlighted story of a long and unusual life, 1998.

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An autobiography of Baldwin's life in which he discusses his ancestory, family life, education at the University of Michigan, his work during World War II on proximity fuzes at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, his research and mapping of the face of the moon, his work in the family business, and science and its relationship to philosophy, religion, and politics.

629 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory

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Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-

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Astrophysics. Senior physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1942-1946; astronomy consultant, Boeing Company, Chance-Vought Corp., Rand Corp., Grumman, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (NASA), U. S. Air Force moon-mapping project; product manager through chairman of the board, Oliver Machinery Company, 1947-1984. From the description of Correspondence relating to Baldwin's nomination for the 1997 Crafoord Prize in astronomy, awarded by The Royal Swed...