Ames is only the 9th largest city in Iowa, and yet: 1. The city (and university) has supported three Nobel Laureates in economics, namely Schultz, Hurwicz, and Stigler. 2. The plutonium for the first atomic bomb was synthesized there. 3. The first electronic digital computer was built there. 4. George Washington Carver worked and taught
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Ames is only the 9th largest city in Iowa, and yet:
1. The city (and university) has supported three Nobel Laureates in economics, namely Schultz, Hurwicz, and Stigler.
2. The plutonium for the first atomic bomb was synthesized there.
3. The first electronic digital computer was built there.
4. George Washington Carver worked and taught there.
5. Neal Stephenson is from there.
6. I am told that Russ Roberts was born there.
7. The library of Iowa State University has some large (and very good) pro-science murals by American regionalist painter Grant Wood.
Hail Ames, Iowa!
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