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Elephants Have Wings

  • 2014

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Cartoon titled Elephants Have Wings, drawn by Marianne Steinberg. This drawing was created in honor of Steinberg's father, chemist John B. Fenn (1917-2010), whose Nobel Prize lecture was titled Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants. The drawing shows Fenn spraying upwards at an elephant in flight.

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  • 21 cm W x 15.5 cm H
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  • Marianne Steinberg
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Steinberg, Marianne. “Elephants Have Wings,” 2014. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/c8ld5cc.

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