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Nature 424, 999 (28 August 2003) | doi:10.1038/424999a
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Postdoctoral Research in Functional Genomics
- Harvard School of Public Health, computer science, biology, bioinformatics,
- Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow - Computational Genomics - Team 78 – Ref: 80464
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1, UK
The spark of Enlightenment
Lucio Fregonese1
BOOK REVIEWED-Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment
by Giuliano Pancaldi
Princeton University Press: 2003. 384 pp. $35, £24.95
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) was a leading natural philosopher who made significant contributions to fields as diverse as electricity, chemistry and pneumatics. His famous electrical battery contributed decisively to the rise of modernity.
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