Harold Urey Address, Dedication of Strong Hall, 1958

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Harold Urey Address, Dedication of Strong Hall, 1958

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Dr. Harold Urey was an American physical chemist whose work on isotopes earnd him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943 for the discovery of deuterium. Here, Urey dedicates the newly-built Strong Hall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University by linking the growth and success of science to the national psyche. Urey explains how the popularity -and unpopularity- of science leads to a decline in science education.

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1958

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Harold Urey, Eastern Michigan University, Strong Hall, Sputnik

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Permission to Use - Permission to quote from this speech should be requested from the University Archives ( lib_archives@emich.edu).​

Harold Urey Address, Dedication of Strong Hall, 1958

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