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Woodward's work in the synthesis of "miracle drugs" earned the 1953-54 prize at the recommendation of the Council of Deans. President Pusey awarded him the $1000 prize for his synthesis of quinine ten years ago, his contributions to the synthesis of cortisone, and his recently announced syntheses of...
When Albert Einstein got word of Hiroshima, he seemed unwilling to believe it. "Ach," he said sadly. "The world is not yet ready for it." As A-bomb led to H-bomb, and the atomic arms race began, he lent his prestige to almost any ban-the-bomb society that...
But Einstein persisted: "I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos." He set himself to find a new synthesis, which he called the Unified Field Theory. He wanted to unify the field of gravitation with the field of electromagnetism, and thus resolve every cosmic motion into a single...
Eugene G. Rochow, professor of Cheruistry, for studies of methods of teaching graduate inorganic chemistry; James E. Storer, assistant professor of Applied Physics, for research on the analysis and synthesis of microwave filters; Carroll M. Williams, professor of Zoology, for studies of insect growth and metamorphosis.
Overwhelming Task. There are vital differences between Davenport and others who have had similar insights. Dissatisfaction with military and economic weapons does not lead him to conclude that such weapons should be abandoned: "Without them the entire free world would be exposed." Distrust of the faith in progress does not...