Scientist snubs Berkeley

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 6, 1988 | Copyright information

A top expert in the race to develop high-temperature superconductors has rejected efforts to lure him to the University of California at Berkeley, and will stay at the University of Houston.

Scientist Paul C. W. Chu called the decision one of the most difficult of his life and said he had been...

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