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Silvio A. Bedini is also the author of "Thomas Jefferson: Statesman of Science", and organized the 1981 exhibition "Thomas Jefferson and Science".

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Silvio A. Bedini is Historian Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and has written extensively on the history of science and technology. Well known for his classic Thomas Jefferson: Statesman of Science, he also organized the 1981 exhibition Thomas Jefferson and Science at the National Museum of American History.