Autobiography, 1946.

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Autobiography, 1946.

The manuscript covers Brewer's studies at the University of Wisconsin, his work on the Manhattan Project and with the Office of Naval Intelligence, background and influences, dissertation and contributions, association with Robert A. Millikan, work methods and achievements, and comments on modern physics and outside areas of interest.

6 pp.

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University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

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Brewer, Aubrey Keith, 1893-

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Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...