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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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In 1966 Porter became director of the RI’s Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, otherwise known as the DFRL, and permanently moved his research from Sheffield to the institution. In a series of provocative newspaper articles and a 1959 lecture at Cambridge entitled “ The Two Cultures ,” the novelist and physical chemist C.P.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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IEEE Spectrum has a full write up on the kit , but since that article was written Hart has come out with a revised version that's even easier to connect to a modern PC, so you can download programs without needing to toggle them in bit by bit! Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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