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CRACKING ROCKS and DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
Kirtley Fletcher Mather, 1888–1978

Kennard Baker Bork


Table of Contents

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

Maturing of Kirtley Mather

Young Professional

World War I and the Quest for Petroleum

The Liberal Arts Connection: Teaching at Denison

The Scopes Trial, 1925

Settling into Cambridge: Summers in the Field

Harvard Professor, 1924–1954

Popularizing Science

PHOTOGRAPHS

Educating the Public

Professional Writing

Controversies in the 1930s

World War II

Under Attack: Political Activism

McCarthyism: The Witch Hunts

At the Pinnacle of American Science

Integrating Religion, Science, and Society

Retirement

Epilog

Chapter Notes

References

Index

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