Download or read book A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005 written by Frederick Seitz and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work relates selected events in the history of the National Academy focusing on the terms of the various presidents from the first, Alexander D. Bache, the great grandson of Benjamin Franklin, to the most recent, Ralph Cicerone.