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Scientific history John Adamson on the race to unlock the secrets of matter
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A World on Fire: A Heretic, An Aristocrat
and the Race to Discover Oxygen
BY JOE JACKSON
VIKING, pounds 17.99, 432 pp
T pounds 15.99 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115
Personal rivalries have always acted as a spur to scientific
enquiry. But in the second half of the 18th century - as in the
second half of the 20th - the race for new knowledge, and hence
mastery, over the natural world merged inevitably with the broader
nationalist rivalries between the superpowers of the day. Hanoverian
Britain and Bourbon France vied with each other for scientific pre-
eminence in ways that foreshadowed ...
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Profile: Poet Thomas Campbell
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...07-23-2004 Profile: Poet Thomas Campbell Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 8...a very important poet, named Thomas Campbell. SIEGEL: And it means? SCHORR...s reference to that line of Thomas Campbell's inspired me to find out who...
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Thomas Campbell Jr., professor of law at Northeastern; at 58
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Thomas P. Campbell Jr., a Northeastern University...courage and dignity." Mr. Campbell leaves his wife of 36 years...Shanklin); three sons, Thomas P. 3d of Roslindale...daughter, Margaret A. Campbell of Jamaica Plain; two...
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THOMAS CAMPBELL, BANK VICE PRESIDENT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Thomas J. Campbell of Melrose, a retired bank executive, died Nov. 5 at...Stephen Campbell. He leaves his wife, Phyllis (Mahoney) Campbell of Melrose; his son, Thomas J. Campbell, Jr.; his daughters, Diane C. Witkowski of Melrose...
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UNIVERSITY NAMES THOMAS CAMPBELL TO POSTITIONS AT VIRGINIA TECH CARILION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY, APPLIED SCIENCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...issued the following news release: Thomas A. Campbell has been named assistant director...Technology and Applied Science. Campbell will work with the institute director...operations of the institute. Campbell has also been appointed as a research...
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Thomas Campbell of Melrose, at 72, bank exec, veteran.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; Thomas J. Campbell of Melrose, retired assistant...of the Korean War, Mr. Campbell served as a tank commander...Mary's Church. Mr. Campbell is survived by his wife...Phyllis (Mahoney); a son, Thomas J. Jr. of Melrose; three...
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THOMAS CAMPBELL, 72, BANK EXECUTIVE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Thomas J. Campbell of Melrose, a former assistant...retired 10 years ago. Mr. Campbell was a longtime member of...American Veterans. Mr. Campbell leaves his wife, Phyllis (Mahoney); a son, Thomas J. Jr. of Melrose; three...
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Thomas Campbell Chidsey GSA ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Thomas Campbell Chidsey, 78, a former administrator with the General Services Administration...55 years, Martha A. Smoot Chidsey of Chestertown; three children, Thomas C. Chidsey Jr. of Sandy, Utah, Stephen E. Chidsey of Ashland, Va...
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NASA comptroller hints ASRM termination may not stand. (Thomas Campbell, Advanced Soilid Rocket Motor)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily
; ...MAY NOT STAND. NASA Comptroller Thomas Campbell hinted last week during a NASA...House Space subcommittee, asked Campbell if he felt that "because of a...really not going to take place?" Campbell responded by saying, "Well sir...
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Merger brings First Chicago Capital Markets instant business.(Thomas Campbell)(Interview)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer
; Q&A: with Thomas Campbell, senior managing director, municipal and public finance department...s municipal bond division is expected to emerge unscathed. Thomas Campbell, senior managing director heading the municipal and public finance...
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THE GODFATHER FEARED BY ALL ; 1.Crime lord: Arthur Thompson 2.Wrongly convicted of murder: Thomas Campbell, left, and Joe Steele 3.Enemy: Paul Ferris after being cleared of a murder charge in 1991.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...find no evidence against him. Thomas TC Campbell andJoe Steele were convicted of...subsequently cleared. Over the years,Campbell became increasingly convinced...Indictment: Trial By Fire, Campbell said: Though nothing couldever...
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