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Title: The Circuit Riders: Rockefeller Money and the Rise of Modern Science
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 039302640X
ISBN 13: 9780393026405
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Acceptable

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Looks at the history of philanthropy in science, focusing on the work of John D. Rockerfeller

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This book chronicles the history of the Rockefeller Foundation's support of scientific research from the early 1900s until c.1945. Rockefeller hired people to travel the globe to find worthy projects; they dubbed themselves the "circuit riders," the name traveling Methodist preachers had given themselves during frontier days. Some projects were less than successful; others became landmarks, such as the discovery of penicillin. Many world-renowned scientists worked for or owed a debt to the Rockefeller Foundation. Recommended for libraries with business history and history of science collections.
- Gregg Sapp, Idaho State Univ. Lib., Boise
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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