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A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science

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By Cathryn J. Prince

Web edition: February 11, 2011
Print edition: February 26, 2011; Vol.179 #5 (p. 30)

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How a meteorite that struck Weston, Conn., in 1807 spurred a Yale chemist to help build the foundations of American scientific research.

Prometheus, 2010, 254 p., $26.

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