Word: sarton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...George Sarton, professor of the History of Science, Emeritus, was honored recently at a testimonial dinner in Washington for his contributions to the study of the history of science...
...dinner, the History of Science Society, sponsors of the dinner, announced that a George Sarton Prize will be set up to recognize outstanding achievement in the study of scientific history. The award will be in the form of a medal with Sarton's portrait engraved upon...
...cited the seeming disparity between the death sentence given the Rosenbergs and the mere jail sentence dealt Klaus Fuchs, British physicist who confessed to what Sarton termed "worse crimes...
About ten days ago Sarton received a letter from a New York lawyer asking his opinion of the Rosenberg sentence. The letter made no mention of the pamphlet. He replied, "I believe the sentence is excessive...
...Sarton is chairman of the Struik Defense Committee, organized to gather funds for the defense of Dirk Jan Struik, M.I.T. professor of Mathematics, indicted last year for conspiring to overthrow the government...