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... En Usono tiun studon entreprenis la Instituto de Eduka Esploro (”Columbia University”). En Eŭropo simila tasko estas gvidata de prof. Rovet, dir. de ... ...Geo rey Dalrymple, anglo, laŭvice multaj profesioj. Nask. 14 jan. 1882 en Aston Cantlow. Verkis poemojn kaj artikolojn por angla kaj aŭstralia gazeta...

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...year history of ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY and MICROBIOLOGY/MEDICINE. Each science represents, in itself, a book. Because my University training was mainly in CHEMISTRY, this is the first book in the series. The writing of a 5000-page manuscript was indeed a labor of love that afforded me the magnificent opportunity to interview and interact, thr...

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...DY (1877-1956) English Chemist 267 Proponent of the Concept of Isotopes. The Laws of Radioactive Decay and the Radioactive Series.   FRANCIS W. ASTON (1877-1945) English Chemist and Physicist 271 Inventor of the Mass Spectrograph. Confirmed the Isotope Theory. Discovered many of the Stable Isotopes. WILLIAM D. HARKINS (1873-1951) American Chemist 274 Proponent...

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...nces. Great ideas that revolutionize our scientific world. The story of the cell and Biology. The birth of modern Biology. The rise of the modern University and experimental stations. The cell as the basic building block of life. The origin of life. The development of microbiology and microscopy. The germ theory of diseases, vaccines, and antibiotics. The vector i...

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... (1825 - 1899) English Chemist 29 SVANTE A. ARRHENIUS (1859 - 1927) Swedish Chemist 29 FREDERICK SODDY (1877 - 1956) English Chemist 30 FRANCIS W. ASTON (1877 - 1945) English Chemist and Physicist 30 HENRY MOSELEY (1887 - 1915) English Physicist 31 HENRI BECQUEREL (1852 - 1906) French Physicist 31 WILHELM K. ROENTGEN (1845 - 1923) German Physicist 32 MARIE CURIE (18...

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...oal of study. A levels 3 she passes with countless distinctions, and so to university to realize her dream to become a doctor, a doctor for childre... ..., a doctor for children, to help and heal to care and share. Two terms at university, then books and lectures she abruptly leaves - a letter from t... ... share his mechanical passion the words pour forth in youthful naivety about Aston Martins, Rovers, engines, pistons, motor bike racing, the lot... ...

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