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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information       More by this author     Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.     Subjects     Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.       by title:      From immigrant to in...       by call number:      921 P984f     Search the Web     Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.     Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

From immigrant to inventor / by Michael Pupin. by Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935. Scribner's Sons, c1923. Call #: 921 P984f Subjects Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935.   Inventors -- United States -- Biography. Series Classic reprint series. Description:  6 preliminary leaves, 396 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimile, diagram 23 cm. Notes:  WSU copy: from the private library of Orville Wright. Contents:  What I brought to America -- The hardships of a greenhorn -- The end of the apprenticeship as greenhorn -- From greenhorn to citizenship and college degree -- First journey to Idvor in eleven years -- Studies at the University of Cambridge -- End of studies at the University of Cambridge -- Studies at the University of Berlin -- End of studies at the University of Berlin -- The first period of my academic career at Columbia University -- The rise of idealism in American science -- The national research council. Summary:  Michael Pupin tells of his life story coming from Serbia as an immigrant arriving in Castle Garden with five cents in his pocket. His objective for writing the book was to describe the rise of idealism in American science, and particularly in physical sciences. Genre:  Autobiographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 921 P984f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 921 P984f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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