Biographical memoirs. Volume 67.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--United States.

Scientists.

Science--United States--Biography.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 67 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.

Contents:

Intro

Biographical Memoirs

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Robert Kyle Burns July 26, 1896-June 26, 1982

Selected Bibliography

William B. Castle October 21, 1897-August 9, 1990

CASTLE'S EARLY LIFE

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS

INTRINSIC FACTOR, THE SPUR TO FAME

LESSONS FROM THE TROPICS: SPRUE, IRON, AND SHOES

HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS

THE VISCOUS CYCLE

CASTLE'S INFLUENCE AS A TEACHER: THREE GENERATIONS OF TRAINEES

HONORS

PERSONAL PROPERTIES

HIS LANGUAGE AND PHILOSOPHY

A GIFT FOR GIVING

NOTES

Preston Cloud September 26, 1912-January 16, 1991

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

Andre Frederic Cournand September 24, 1895-February 19, 1988

THE SHAPING OF AN INVESTIGATOR

THE BREAKTHROUGH: CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS WITH THE CARDIAC CATHETER

''A TIME FOR REWARDS''-PEER RECOGNITION

THE UNRELENTING SCIENTIST

LATE BUDDING": TURNING TO BROADER ISSUES

NOTE

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Jacob Pieter Den Hartog July 23, 1901-March 17, 1989

Professional Societies

Honors and Awards

Honorary Degrees

Paul Hugh Emmett September 22, 1900-April 22, 1985

Kurt Otto Friedrichs September 28, 1901-January 1, 1983

PART I: LIFE

PART II: WORK

Herbert Spencer Gasser July 5, 1888-May 11, 1963

ORIGINS AND EARLY YEARS IN WISCONSIN

JOHNS HOPKINS

ST. LOUIS (1916-31)

CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE (1931-35)

THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

GASSER AS DIRECTOR OF THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE

RETIREMENT

GASSER IN PERSON

David Rockwell Goddard January 3, 1908-July 9, 1985.

FAMILY BACKGROUND AND EARLY EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE

ROCHESTER

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ADMINISTRATOR

Charles Roy Hauser March 8, 1900-January 6, 1970

Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson February 27, 1910-December 21, 1990

REFERENCES

TECHNICAL PAPERS AND REPORTS

HONORS AND AWARDS

PATENTS

Harold Lester Johnson April 17, 1921-April 2, 1980

WAR YEARS AND GRADUATE STUDIES, 1942-48

RESEARCH AT LOWELL, WASHBURN, AND YERKES OBSERVATORIES, 1948-59

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, 1959-62

AT THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 1962-69

THE ARIZONA-MEXICO CONNECTION, 1969-80

HAROLD JOHNSON AS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE

EPILOGUE

Tjalling Charles Koopmans August 28, 1910-February 26, 1985

Rowland Pettit February 6, 1927-December 10, 1981

Alfred C. Redfield November 15, 1890-March 17, 1983

John Milton Roberts December 8, 1916-April 2, 1990

Ernest Robert Sears October 15, 1910-February 15, 1991

EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY, AND SYSTEMATICS

GENETIC STRUCTURE OF POLYPLOIDS

Aneuploids

Wheat Genes

CHROMOSOMAL MISDIVISIONS AND BREAKAGE

ALIEN GENETIC VARIATION

GENETICS OF MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME PAIRING

CHINESE SPRING

A CAREER IN WHEAT SCIENCE

Burrhus Frederic Skinner March 20, 1904-August 18, 1990

Lee Irvin Smith July 22, 1891-March 29, 1973

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

BUILDING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AT MINNESOTA

PERSONAL QUALITIES

HIGHLIGHTS OF SMITH'S RESEARCH

Selected Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780309598590

0309598591

9780585273273

0585273278

OCLC:

45730786