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| NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 4 |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on this day. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. |
| Quotations for Today |
| "Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors." - Max Delbrück (born 4 Sep 1906) "We create our future by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they be." - Lewis Latimer, Black-American inventor (born 4 Sep 1848) "Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world." - Hans Zinsser, American bacteriologist (died 4 Sep 1940) |
| QUIZ |
| Births |
| Max Delbrück, born 4 Sep 1906, was a German-born U.S. biologist who was a pioneer in the study of molecular genetics. He was a co-recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. His work was on the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of bacteriophages, which serve as models for the more complex, less approachable cells of animals and humans. What is a bacteriophage? |
| Deaths |
| William John McGee (1853-1912) was an American geologist and archaeologist who was noted for his pioneer studies of Pleistocene geology of the upper Mississippi River valley and the stratigraphy of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. What was the range in years for the Pleistocene? |
| Events |
| On 4 Sep 1951, the U.S. President inaugurated transcontinental television service in the U.S. when AT&T carried his address to the United Nations in San Francisco to viewers as far away as New England. Who was this president? |
| On 4 Sep of a certain year, the first electric central station to supply light and power was the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York City. It had one generator which produced power for 800 electric light bulbs. What was the decade of this event? |
| Answers |
| When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the September 4 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for September 3: positron; maize; Chile; Mersenne prime. |
| Feedback |
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