Millikan's School A History of the California Institute of Technology

Judith R. Goodstein

ISBN 10: 0393030172 / ISBN 13: 9780393030174

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991

About this Item

Inscribed by author on ffep to the wife of Kelly Johnson, who was voted 8th in Aviation Week & Space Technology's 100 most important, most interesting, and most influential people in the first century of aerospace. A typed, signed letter is laid in from Thomas E. Everhart, president of Cal Tech. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1.30 inches; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Millikan's School A History of the California Institute of Technology
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393030172
• ISBN 13: 9780393030174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Written in honour of its centenary, this history of Caltech explores its contribution to science and technology by providing profiles of its most famous scientists, such as von Karman in aeronautics, Morgan in biology, Gutenberg in seismology, Noyes in physical chemistry and Epstein in physics.

About the Author

Judith R. Goodstein, PhD, is University Archivist and faculty associate at Caltech. She has taught history at Cal State Dominguez Hills and UCLA, while building from scratch an archive and rare book collection about the history of science. She is married to Professor David Goodstein.