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Lot #295
Science Group Lot

Science

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Science

Nineteen items: one-page ALS, dated 1994, from Clyde W. Tombaugh discussing the discovery of Pluto; two FDCs signed by Hans A. Bethe (German-American physicist, and Nobel laureate who played a part in developing the first atomic bombs); two commemorative covers signed by Val Fitch (American nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos); FDC signed by Arno Penzias; glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Penzias signed in blue felt tip; glossy 5 x 7 photo of Edward Teller (known as ‘the father of the hydrogen bomb’) signed in black felt tip; two color glossy 4 x 6 photos signed by Arthur Schawlow; FDC signed by Schawlow; FDC signed by Charles Townes; glossy 7 x 5 photo signed and inscribed by Townes; glossy 7 x 5 photo of James A. Van Allen signed in black felt tip; FDC signed by Val Allen; ALS, 1996, from Val Allen; and three other FDCs. In overall fine condition. RRAuction COA.

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