CONTENTS

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I.What I Brought to America[1]
II.The Hardships of a Greenhorn[ 43]
III.The End of the Apprenticeship as Greenhorn[72]
IV.From Greenhorn to Citizenship and CollegeDegree[100]
V.First Journey to Idvor in Eleven Years[138]
VI.Studies at the University of Cambridge[167]
VII.End of Studies at the University of Cambridge[192]
VIII.Studies at the University of Berlin[218]
IX.End of Studies at the University of Berlin[247]
X.The First Period of My Academic Career atColumbia University[279]
XI.The Rise of Idealism in American Science[311]
XII.The National Research Council[349]
Index[389]