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James B. Conant

1893 - 1978

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James B. Conant, in full James Bryant Conant (born March 26, 1893, Dorchester, Mass., U.S.—died Feb. 11, 1978, Hanover, N.H.), American educator and scientist, president of Harvard University, and U.S. high commissioner for western Germany following World War II. He was an influential scientist, scientific adviser and administrator.
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"James B. Conant." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/130824/James-B-Conant (Web. 04 Sep. 2014)
Bartlett, Paul D. "James Bryant Conant , National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs V.54 ( 1983 )," The National Academy Press, http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=577&page=90 (accessed 09/04/2014)
Correspondence (James B. Conant to Harry Rowe Mimno)
On Understanding Science: An Historical Approach
Modern Science and Modern Man
On Understanding Science
The Early Development of the Concepts of Temperature and Heat
Practical Chemistry: Fundamental Facts and Applications to Modern Life
Atoms, Molecules and Ions
Summary Technical Report of Division 17, NDRC, Volume 3, Transmission and Reception of Sounds Under Combat Conditions
Robert Boyle's Experiments in Pneumatics
Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
History in the Education of Scientists
The Overthrow of the Phlogiston Theory

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