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Honorary Degree to Glenn Seaborg from the University of Paris-Sud
- 1996-Oct-04
Honorary degree to Glenn Seaborg from the University of Paris-Sud.
- Contributor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nuclear Science Division
- Creator Of Work Université de Paris
- Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, Nobel Prize winners, Université de Paris
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2 items
Letter from James W. Mitchell to the Black Engineer of the Year Committee, September 1996
- 1996-Sep-18
Dr. James W. Mitchell (1943-) writes to the Black Engineer of the Year Committee giving his support for the nomination of Dr. Willie E. May as the 1997 award recipient.
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Oral history interview with Thomas S. Hays
- 1996-Aug-19 – 1996-Aug-21
Thomas S. Hays was born in Winter Haven, a citrus-growing area in central Florida. His father was a physical education teacher and then principal of an elementary school, his mother also a physical education teacher. He…
- Interviewee Hays, Thomas Sewell, 1954-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hays, Thomas Sewell, 1954-, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.), Microtubules, Mitosis, Genetics, Drosophila, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Ann M. Pullen
- 1996-Aug-07 – 1996-Aug-09
Ann M. Pullen was born in Eastbourne, a small town on the south coast of England, though was raised in Sutton Coldfield just outside of Birmingham, the elder of two sisters. Both of her parents were university-educated…
- Interviewee Pullen, Ann M., 1961-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Pullen Ann M., 1961-, Kappler, John, Marrack, P. (Philippa), Perlmutter, Roger, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Women medical scientists, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Women in science, Medicine--Research, Immunology
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6 items
Oral history interview with Joseph Labovsky
- 1996-Jul-24
Joseph Labovsky opens the interview with a discussion of his childhood in Ukraine and his family experiences there after his father emigrated to the United States in 1914. Labovsky moved with his mother and siblings to…
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Oral history interview with Timothy J. McDonnell
- 1996-Jun-17 – 1996-Jun-19
Timothy J. McDonnell spent his first six years in Indiana and Spain; then the family moved to San Diego, California. His father was a mechanical engineer in the Navy and then the Air Force. His mother had been a weather…
- Interviewee McDonnell, Timothy J., 1956-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject McDonnell, Timothy J., 1956-, Biology, Cytology, Carcinogens, Heart cells, Cancer genes, Oncogenes, Molecular biology, Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Prostate--Cancer
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7 items
Oral history interview with Richard E. Honig
- 1996-Apr-27
Richard E. Honig was born in Göttingen, Germany, the eldest of three boys. He attended Robert College, an American college in Istanbul, from which he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical…
- Interviewee Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001, American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Physicists--Biography, Mass spectrometry, RCA Laboratories, Physicists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Roger E. Karess
- 1996-Apr-23 – 1996-Apr-26
Roger E. Karess and his two older sisters grew up in Great Neck, New York. Their grandparents were Jews from Eastern Europe, and their neighborhood consisted of other family members and people with similar backgrounds.…
- Interviewee Karess, Roger E., 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Karess, Roger E., 1955-, Reform Judaism, Oncogenic viruses, Reverse transcriptase, Retroviruses, RNA, Protein kinases, Oncogenes, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Genetics, Drosophila, Discoveries in science, Biochemists, Medical scientists
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2 items
Oral history interview with Jorge E. Galán
- 1996-Mar-18 – 1996-Mar-20
Jorge E. Galán was born in Pellegrini, a small town near Buenos Aires in Argentina. His father was a businessman, dealing with agriculture, his mother a homemaker. He had one older sister and one younger. While he still…
- Interviewee Galán. Jorge E., 1956-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Galán. Jorge E., 1956-, Veterinary medicine, Communicable diseases, Salmonella, Horses--Diseases, Proteins--Secretion, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Curtiss, Roy, Microbiologists, Medical scientists
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5 items
Oral history interview with Frank J. Biondi
- 1996-Mar-19
This interview discusses Frank J. Biondi's education, career, and involvement in The Electrochemical Society, beginning with college experiences as a chemical engineering major at Lehigh University and initial work at…
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Oral history interview with Mark D. Biggin
- 1996-Mar-04
- 1996-Mar-06 – 1996-Mar-07
Mark D. Biggin grew up in Chesterfield, England, near the Peak District National Park, where he cycled the moors and hills from an early age. He attended a local school, tracked on the basis of his IQ. He remembers one…
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Oral history interview with Lynn Cooley
- 1996-Mar-04 – 1996-Mar-05
- 1996-Mar-07
Lynn Cooley grew up in Portland, Connecticut, the middle child of five. Her father was in aeronautical engineering and her mother in physics, so she had a very early introduction, if not a genetic predisposition, to…
- Interviewee Cooley, Lynn, 1955-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Women molecular biologists, Geneticists, Women geneticists, Women in medicine, Women in science, Women medical scientists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cytology--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Cooley, Lynn, 1955-
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2 items
Oral history interview with Alison E. M. Adams
- 1996-Feb-12 – 1996-Feb-14
Alison E. M. Adams was born in Penang, Malaysia, the third of six children. Her parents were British citizens: Her father, a British citizen, had worked for the British government for many years; her mother, also a…
- Interviewee Adams, Alison E. M., 1955-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biochemistry, Women biochemists, Women in science, Cancer--Research, Biochemistry--Research, Adams, Alison E. M., 1955-, Cytology, Immunofluorescence, Molecular biology, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Diane M. Papazian
- 1996-Jan-16
- 1996-Jan-25
- 1996-Feb-07
Diane M. Papazian spent her early years in Detroit, Michigan, the youngest of three children. Her father was an insurance salesman and administrator, her mother a housewife. She exhibited an early interest in science,…
- Interviewee Papazian, Diane M., 1954-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Papazian, Diane M., 1954-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Neurosciences, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Genetics--Research
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1H 00M 49S
Nanometers and Gigabucks
- Gordon E. Moore, Intel Corporation
- 1996-Jan-26
Filmed for the Leaders in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series XII, this talk from Gordon E. Moore (1929-2023) covers the history and future of the semiconductor industry (as of…
- Producer University Video Communications
- Creator Of Work Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023
- Subject Semiconductors, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-, Intel Corporation, Integrated circuits, Computers--History
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8 items
Oral history interview with James F. Roth
- 1996-Jan-23
James Roth begins this interview by discussing the origins of his interest in research and physical chemistry as well as the impacts of growing up in the Bronx, New York, attending the Bronx High School of Science, and…
- Interviewee Roth, James F., 1925-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Roth, James F., 1925-, Chemists, Rubber, Artificial, Monsanto Company, Catalysis, Oxo process, Rhodium
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The Travelers' Periodic Table
- 1995
Rendering of the Periodic Table of Elements containing geographical names around the world and universe which were or may have been derived from the names of chemical elements.
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The Politically Correct Periodic Table of the Elements
- Circa 1995
A whimsical rendering of the Periodic table noting all sources of toxicity, pollution, radioactivity, etc. This rendering is a slightly edited version of a table produced by the "Annals of Improbable Research."
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Postage stamp honoring Dr. Virginia Apgar
- 1995
United States postage stamp honoring Dr. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), an American obstetrical anesthesiologist best known as the inventor of the Apgar Score used to quickly assess the health of a newborn child…
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Periodic Round Table
- 1995
The "Periodic Round Table" looks like a multi-layered cake. There are eight wooden layers that sit on top of one another and can be rotated. Layers are divided into chemical elements with engraved element name and…
- Creator Of Work Katz, Gary
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Periodic table of the elements, Katz, Gary
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Oral history interview with Boris Magasanik
- 1993 – 1995 (In three sessions)
Boris Magasanik begins the interview with a description of his childhood years in Vienna, Austria. Shortly after graduating from the Gymnasium in 1937, Magasanik immigrated to the United States to live with his sister…
- Interviewee Magasanik, Boris, 1919-2013
- Interviewer Schlesinger, Sondra
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biochemists, Magazanik, Boris, 1919-2013, Harvard Medical School, Columbia University
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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…
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Fields of Promise
- Sowing the Seeds of Biotechnology
- 1995
This video, produced with funding from Monsanto Company, presents the science behind genetically modified crops, beginning with Gregor Mendel and leading up to the mid-1990s cutting edge research in drought and…
- Producer Image Base
- Subject Transgenic plants, Genetically modified foods, Agriculture
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2 items
Classificação Periódica dos Elementos
- Periodic Classification of the Elements
- 1995
Periodic table of the elements published by the Chemical Society of Brazil, 1995.
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40 items