James Bryant Conant (1893–1978)
Autore di Modern Science and Modern Man
Sull'Autore
Nota di disambiguazione:
(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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Opere di James Bryant Conant
Scientific principles and moral conduct : the twentieth Arthur Stanley Eddington memorial lecture delivered at… (1967) 3 copie
Recommendations for Education in the Junior High School Years; A Memorandum to School Boards 1 copia
Gleichheit der Chancen. Erziehung und Gesellschaftsordnung in den Vereinigten Staaten. (1955) 1 copia
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.|THE 1 copia
Pasteur's Study of Fermentation 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (1957) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 858 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1893-03-26
- Data di morte
- 1978-02-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (death) - Istruzione
- Harvard University (BA | 1914 | PhD | 1917 | Chemistry)
- Attività lavorative
- chemist
educational administrator (President | Harvard | 1933-1953)
government official - Relazioni
- Conant, Jennet (granddaughter)
- Organizzazioni
- Harvard University
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Priestley Medal (American Chemical Society | 1944)
Sylvanus Thayer Award (U.S.M.A. | West Point)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Distinction, 1963) - Breve biografia
- 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. - Nota di disambiguazione
- 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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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 386
- Popolarità
- #62,660
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 36