Leaders in Science

Leaders in Science (HMMGP)

Location: Madison, WI 53706 Dane County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 4.543', W 89° 24.055'

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Bascom Hill Historic District

The University of Wisconsin's setting along the shores of Lake Mendota made it a natural place to found the study of lakes in North America. But advances in limnology, which was first studied here in the 1880s, are only one aspect of a long legacy of scientific discovery and innovation on campus. For example, science researchers here were among the first to study cancer in the 1940s, the first to make possible genetic engineering for plants and food crops in the 1950s, and the first to design technology that allowed satellites to take pictures of earth from space in the 1960s.

This marker is made possible by a grant from the UW Foundation
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HM NumberHMMGP
Series This marker is part of the University of Wisconsin series
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Year Placed2001
Placed ByUW Foundation
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 6:55am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 304541 N 4772020
Decimal Degrees43.07571667, -89.40091667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 4.543', W 89° 24.055'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 4' 32.58" N, 89° 24' 3.30" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 550 N Park St, Madison WI 53706, US
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