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Nature 445, 32 (4 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445032a; Published online 3 January 2007

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50 & 100 Years Ago

Among the numerous well-known scientists who were born in 1857...Ronald Ross is widely known, for the story of his long and patient attempts to identify the carrier of malarial fever has often been written... An outstanding centenary of the present year is that of the birth of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German physicist, who was the first to detect electromagnetic waves in free space and measure their velocity... Elwood Haynes (1857–1925) is another American who should be remembered this year. He discovered several important alloys, including tungsten chrome steel, and in 1919 filed a patent for stainless steel... The question of the inheritance of acquired characteristics has recently received much attention.

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Scientific Centenaries of 1957

Nature Article (05 Jan 1957)