Conclusions

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Abstract

In the preceding chapters I have documented a dramatic upsurge in both the numbers and reputations of inorganic chemists in US academia during the years following what Nyholm identified (correctly, I think we would all agree) as the renaissance of the 1950s.

Keywords

Periodic Group Descriptive Chemistry General Proposition Past Practice Bioinorganic Chemistry 
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  1. 1.Beckman InstituteCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaUSA

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