Intellectual autobiography, ca. 1960.

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Intellectual autobiography, ca. 1960.

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The manuscript briefly discusses how Gardner's home life was conducive to intellectual pursuits, his first attraction to science arising from an article about the Carnegie Institution, how he chose physics over astronomy, his work at the National Bureau of Standards, and his significant research work.

2 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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