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Richard C. Tolman (1881-1948)

  • 1945

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Photograph of mathematical physicist and physical chemist Richard C. (Chace) Tolman seated in front of a global map. This photograph is believed to have been taken when Tolman was serving as a scientific advisor to General Leslie Groves on the Manhattan Project.

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  • Box 3

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“Richard C. Tolman (1881-1948),” 1945. Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 3. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/j67314089.

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