The Maturing of American Science: A Portrait of Science in Public Life Drawn from the Presidential Addresses of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1920-1970Robert Hugh Kargon |
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A Retrospect 1923 | 37 |
Some Psychological Experiments 1925 | 57 |
The Public Relations of Science 1939 | 81 |
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