James Bryant Conant

James Bryant Conant was an American chemist, the President of Harvard University from 1933–1953, and the first United States Ambassador to West Germany.

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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought	Kuhn, Thomas S.	PAPERBACK	01/01/1992	$33.00
The Child, the Parent, and the State	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1959	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
The Revolutionary Transformation of the American High School	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1959	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Germany and Freedom: A Personal Appraisal	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1958	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Education and Liberty: The Role of the Schools in a Modern Democracy	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1953	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
General Education in Science	Cohen, I. Bernard Watson, Fletcher Guard	E-DITION	01/01/1952	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Public Health in the World Today	Simmons, James Stevens	E-DITION	01/01/1949	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Education in a Divided World: The Function of the Public School in Our Unique Society	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1948	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Volume I		E-DITION	01/01/1948	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Volume II		E-DITION	01/01/1948	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »
Our Fighting Faith: Five Addresses to College Students	Conant, James Bryant	E-DITION	01/01/1942	$65.00	Available from De Gruyter »

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