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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 79
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
The National Academy Press publishes the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States.
