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Cyril Stanley Smith

Cyril Stanley Smith was a professor of metallurgy at the Institute for the Study of Metals at the University of Chicago.


1959: Science and art

By Martyl Langsdorf, Cyril Stanley Smith | Arts Science Initiative, Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Weapons