Gerhard Herzberg : an illustrious life in science / Boris Stoicheff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoicheff, B. P. (Boris P.)

Contributor:

National Research Council Canada.

Series:

NRC Press biography series 1701-1833

NRC press biography series, 1701-1833

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999.

Herzberg, Gerhard.

Spectrum analysis--History.

Spectrum analysis.

Molecular spectroscopy--History.

Molecular spectroscopy.

Physicists--Canada--Biography.

Physicists.

Scientists--Canada--Biography.

Scientists.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : NRC Press ; Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 The Early Years (1904-1934) 1

1. Family and Early Education 3

2. University Years 18

3. A Year in Gottingen 42

4. A Year in Bristol 59

5. Privatdozent in Darmstadt 68

6. Searching the World for an Academic Position 91

Part 2 A Safe Haven in Canada (1935-1947) 99

7. Guest Professorship at the University of Saskatchewan 101

8. Beginnings in Canada 116

9. The War Years in Canada 140

10. Interlude at the Yerkes Observatory, The University of Chicago 158

11. News of Family and Friends in War-Torn Europe 180

Part 3 The Golden Years (1948-1971) 189

12. Return to Canada 191

13. The National Research Council: The Temple of Science 209

14. The Spectroscopy Laboratory 222

15. Inspiring the Growth of Basic Research 246

16. Research and Worldwide Acclaim 259

17. Ambassador of Canadian Science 274

18. The Classic Volumes 290

19. Challenging the New Politics of Science 306

20. Nobel Laureate 320

Part 4 Later Years (1972-1999) 341

21. Weathering the Aftermath 343

22. The Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 358

23. Continuing Activities 368.

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0660187574

OCLC:

49248463