James Bryant Conant (1893–1978)

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Inkluderar namnen: James B. Conant, James Bryant ed. Conant, James Bryant Conant Conant, James Bryant - Editor Conant

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(eng) James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist and president of Harvard University. Not to be confused with James (Ferguson) Conant (b. 1958), an American philosopher.

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Födelsedag: 1893-03-26
Avled: 1978-02-11
Kön: male
Nationalitet: USA
Bostadsorter: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (death)
Utbildning: Harvard University (BA | 1914 | PhD | 1917 | Chemistry)
Yrken: chemist
educational administrator (President | Harvard | 1933-1953)
government official
Relationer: Conant, Jennet (granddaughter)
Organisationer: Harvard University
Priser och utmärkelser: Priestley Medal (American Chemical Society | 1944)
Sylvanus Thayer Award (U.S.M.A. | West Point)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Distinction, 1963)
Kort biografi: Conant was involved in getting the Manhattan Project under way and later acted as advisor to the National Science Foundation. From 1953 to 1957 he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
His studies of and reports on education in the late '50's led to the adoption of tests such as the SAT.
Särskiljningsnotis: James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist and president of Harvard University. Not to be confused with James (Ferguson) Conant (b. 1958), an American philosopher.

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Modern Science and Modern Man av James B Conant

This book is the series of four Bampton lectures of 1952 which were delivered at Columbia University by the author. When he was chosen as the lecturer, President Eisenhower expressed on behalf of the committee the hope that he would provide "some understanding of the significance of recent developments in the physical sciences".

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