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From Immigrant to Inventor

by Michael Pupin

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A Pulitzer Prize winning book, Pupin's main objective in this narrative was to describe the rise of idealism in American science and particularly in physical sciences and the related industries. He was a witness to this gradual development and everything he describes was an attempt to qualify as a witness whose testimony has competence and weight.

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Published: 1980
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Science & Nature, Anthropology, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 609.2
LCC: T40 .P8 .A3

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