Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...essence of the thyroid, about 15 years ago, a loud cry of applause arose. Since then other hormones have been refined and analyzed. Last week Professor Leopold Ruzicka of Zurich significantly reported in Nature that he had synthesized the male sex hormone. To get it, this altogether reputable scientist attacked hydroxy-ketone, a substance related to acetone, with dihydrocholesterol which is a derivative of cholesterol found in bile, brains and eggs. Nicely controlled chemical procedure produced a modified hydroxy-ketone which he claims is chemically identical with the male sex hormone. Whether it can be used alone or whether, like...
Today the Vagabond will go to hear further of this scientist from Dr. Jones in Emerson H at 10 o'clock...
...most prominent, yet almost the least known scientist in the world has at last overcome his aversion to publicity to permit a collection of various speeches and papers of his to be published in this book. It is avowedly an effort on the part of a friend to fore stall any misguided attacks on the personality of Einstein such as those to which most prominent men are subject. The purpose has been amply filled for we now have a record of his important acts and they reveal the character of the man as clearly as would a series of letters...
...into practical use. It transmits carbon copies of almost anything through the air.* Young Mr. Young works for RCA-Victor of Camden, N. J., subsidiary of Radio Corp. of America, and although his father was until lately board chairman of the parent company, Son Charles is a self-made scientist...
Author Russell, who has always held aloof from the political arena, takes a longer, more objective view of the argument than either Secretary Wallace or Mr. Hoover. A radical, he is also a scientist and a philosopher. To get a proper perspective of the debate between freedom and organization, he goes back 100 years, writes a history of political change from 1814 to 1914. No believer in "scientific" history, or in the Carlylean doctrine of heroes either, he has made his book a judicious blend of historical analysis and biography. His lucid irony does not prevent him from stating many...