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Michael I. Pupin

Michael Pupin tells of his life story coming from Serbia as an immigrant arriving in Castle Garden with five cents in his pocket. His objective for writing the book was to describe the rise of idealism in American science, and particularly in physical sciences.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography122 signalsRace & Ethnicity11 signalsScience11 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryScientific BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryIntellectual History & Ideas

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1924FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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    • Castle Garden42%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Michael Pupin writes to describe the rise of idealism in American science, especially in the physical sciences.

    Model confidence 84%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

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    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.