Waldemar Kaempffert

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Waldemar Kaempffert (September 27, 1877 - 1956) was a US science writer and museum director.Waldemar (Bernhard) Kaempffert was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.S. from the City College of New York in 1897. Thereafter he was employed by Scientific American, first as a translator (1897-1900) then as managing editor (1900-1916). In 1916, he started working as the editor of Popular Science Monthly. In 1922, he left to become the Editor of Science and Engineering at the New York Times.In 1928, following a nationwide search for a director, the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago asked Kaempffert to become its first director. He enthusiastically devoted himself to the work of laying out the history of the sciences and of the industries. He encouraged his curators and exhibit designers to base their exhibits on careful research in order to be as objectively true as possible.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131230899
• ISBN-10: 6131230897
• Artikelnr.: 30123960