Word: backgrounding
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Julie Tang of the History and Science Department focused on an individual rather than a broad field, producing a biography of the late Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, George Kistiakowsky. Subtitling her work, "From Bomb Creator to Peace Crusader," Tang examined the background of the Manhattan atomic bomb project, in which Kistiakowsky played a major role. In the first biography of the prominent scientist, she used documents from the Harvard Archives; the Council for a Liveable World, which Kistiakowsky founded, and primary documents from his personal files. Tang met Kistiakowsky two years ago and received his permission to begin...
...arms control which he had developed over the decades since joining America's fledgling military science efforts at the start of World War II. Thus the years from 1965 on, Kistiakowsky covered the nation making speeches, writing articles, attending conferences, and holding seminars bringing to bear both his scientific background and the knowledge that came from many years of "insider's experiences" in Washington
Julie Tang of the History and Science Department focused on an individual rather than a broad field, producing a biography of the late Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, George Kistiakowsky. Subtitling her work, "From Bomb Creator to Peace Crusader," Tang examined the background of the Manhattan atomic bomb project, in which Kistiakowsky played a major role. In the first biography of the prominent scientist, she used documents from the Harvard Archives; the Council for a Liveable World, which Kistiakowsky founded, and primary documents from his personal files. Tang met Kistiakowsky two years ago and received his permission to begin...
...arms control which he had developed over the decades since joining America's fledgling military science efforts at the start of World War II. Thus the years from 1965 on, Kistiakowsky covered the nation making speeches, writing articles, attending conferences, and holding seminars bringing to bear both his scientific background and the knowledge that came from many years of "insider's experiences" in Washington
...each case, he displays a conspicuous gift for drawing out his subjects, such as the torrentially voluble, visionary architect Buckminster Fuller, 87, and his friend of 50 years, the laconic sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, 78. Michaelis, a 1979 Princeton graduate, is most successful at re-creating the Ivy League background of the lifelong friendship between George Love, 82, and Donold Lourie, 83. Both men, who went on to become heads of families and the chiefs, respectively, of Chrysler and Quaker Oats, never ceased to view themselves as the golden boys of Princeton's class of '22. Vastly popular leaders...