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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03152.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Irving Kaplan and Francis Bonner on controlling atomic power |
| Title | Harold Urey, scientist, dies at 87; war foe's work led to H-bomb [incomplete] |
| Date | January 1981 |
| Author | Browne, Malcome W. (fl. 1959-) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Written by Browne, a noted journalist, for the New York Times. Contains only the first page of the article. Discusses Urey's achievements, including his receipt of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of heavy hydrogen. Describes how, in 1953, Urey and graduate student Stanley L. Miller conducted a landmark experiment demonstrating that electricity can transform earth's primordial materials (methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water) into amino acids, "the building blocks of protein." |
| Subjects | Manhattan Project Neutrality Atomic Energy Science and Technology Weaponry Military History World War II Death |
| People | Browne, Malcome W. (fl. 1959) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; World War II |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Urey died on 5 January; presumably this article was released soon after his death. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |