Reingold, Nathan

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REINGOLD, Nathan

REINGOLD, Nathan. American, b. 1927. Genres: History. Career: National Archives, Washington, DC, staff member, 1951-59; Library of Congress, Washington, DC, specialist in the history of science, 1959-66; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, editor of the Joseph Henry Papers, 1966-85, senior historian at National Museum of American History, 1985-93, historian emeritus, 1993-. Johns Hopkins University, visiting professor, history of science, 1993-95. Publications: Science, American Style, 1991. EDITOR: Science in Nineteenth-Century America: A Documentary History, 1964; The Papers of Joseph Henry, five volumes, 1972-85; Science in America since 1820, 1976; The Sciences in the American Context: New Perspectives, 1979; (with I.H. Reingold) Science in America: A Documentary History, 1900-1939, 1981; (with M. Rothenberg, and contrib.) Scientific Colonialism: A Cross-cultural Comparison, 1986. Address: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.

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