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It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals--too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state's attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the ruthless killers from the gallows. But the families of the confessed murderers hired Clarence Darrow, entrusting the lives of their sons to the most famous lawyer in America in what would be one of the most...

To help commemorate the 200^th anniversary of the New York Academy of Sciences, founded in 1817, this revised edition of Simon Baatz's book Knowledge, Culture, and Science in the Metropolis: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1817-2017, presents new material on the Academy's activities from 1970-2016.

The revised edition weaves the story of the Academy's development with the development of science in New York City and America, from the early 19^th century when scientific studies were largely focused on cataloging the natural history of the nascent United...