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The Rise of Robert Millikan: Portrait of a Life in American Science
by Kargon, Robert H
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801414598
- ISBN 13
- 9780801414596
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Cornell University Press, 1992. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 205 pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "Robert Millikan (1868-1953) was a gifted scientist who became famous throughout the world for his discoveries about the composition and nature of matter. The second American physicist to win the Nobel Prize, he was a leading proponent of the application of scientific research to military problems during World War I, and he guided the California Institute of Technology to its place as a preeminent scientific and technical institution." Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket covered in mylar. There is some light soil to back cover and outside pages, lightly dusty top. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Title
- The Rise of Robert Millikan: Portrait of a Life in American Science
- Author
- Kargon, Robert H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801414598
- ISBN 13
- 9780801414596
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- biography; science; illustrated; Scientist;physicist; physics;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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