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Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005

Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005

A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005

Frederick Seitz

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2007
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9780761835875
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This work relates selected events in the history of the National Academy focusing on the terms of the various presidents from the first, Alexander D. Bache, the great grandson of Benjamin Franklin, to the most recent, Ralph Cicerone.

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