Biographical memoirs. Volume 68.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--United States.

Scientists.

Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 68 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

JACOB AALL BONNEVIE BJERKNES

FAMILY BACKGROUND

IN LEIPZIG DURING WORLD WAR I

THE BERGEN SCHOOL

THE UPPER WAVE

WAR YEARS

A NEW METEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT

AIR-SEA INTERACTION ON A GLOBAL SCALE

CONCLUSION

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

HUBERT MORSE BLALOCK, JR.

REFERENCES

MIN CHUEH CHANG

PERSONAL HISTORY

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

PERSONAL COMMENTS BY THE AUTHOR

GEORGE CONSTANTIN COTZIAS

FREDERICK RUSSELL EGGAN

NOTES

WALTER M.ELSASSER

BACKGROUND AND YOUTH

THE ROAD TO SCIENCE

THE WORLD OF GOTTINGEN

THE TROUBLED YEARS

SKETCHES FROM BERLIN

THE CONVERSION OF A RATIONALIST

RUE PIERRE CURIE, PARIS

PASSAGE TO THE NEW WORLD

EARTH SCIENCE

WORLD WAR II AND THE POSTWAR YEARS

BIOLOGICAL WORK

NOTE

HONORS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

GEOPHYSICS

THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

EARNEST ALBERT HOOTON

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

A RECORD OF RESEARCH

MILITARY AND CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS

OTHER LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS

HOOTON AND HIS PH.D. STUDENTS

HOOTON'S PLACE IN NATURE

THE LAST YEARS

ARTHUR S.KING

HERMAN FRANCIS MARK

KAISER WILHELM INSTITUTE (1922-26)

I.G.FARBENINDUSTRIE

VIENNA (1932-38)

THE AMERICAN YEARS (1938-92)

BARBARA MCCLINTOCK

IRVINE HEINLY PAGE

WILLIAM CUMMING ROSE

EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PERSONAL TRAITS

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

NOTES.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

CARL FREDERIC SCHMIDT

RESEARCH

CHINESE DRUGS

RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY REFLEXES

CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW

RENAL CIRCULATION

MISCELLANEOUS

AVIATION AND SPACE MEDICINE

HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

GENERAL

JOHN CLARK SHEEHAN

WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY

EDWARD HOLLAND SPICER

A FIRST TRY AT COLLEGE

ARCHEOLOGY TAKES OVER

STUDYING SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AT CHICAGO

ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, AND ARIZONA AGAIN

THE FRUITFUL FIFTIES

EDITING AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FURTHER READINGS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (not including reviews)

GEORGE STREISINGER

HAROLD CLAYTON UREY

UREY'S EARLY LIFE UP TO HIS ENTRANCE TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN BERKELEY

FROM CHEMICAL PHYSICS TO ISOTOPE GEOLOGY

DISCOVERY OF DEUTERIUM

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ISOTOPIC SUBSTANCES

ISOTOPES AS TRACERS

PALEOTEMPERATURES

THE WAR YEARS, 1939-44: THE ATOMIC BOMB

COSMOCHEMISTRY

THE LA JOLLA YEARS

UREY'S PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS POLITICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

HONORS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS

HONORARY DEGREES

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

CLUBS

CARROLL MILTON WILLIAMS

JERROLD R.ZACHARIAS

EARLY YEARS

RESEARCH AT COLUMBIA

THE WAR YEARS

NUCLEAR SCIENCE, ATOMIC BEAMS, AND ATOMIC CLOCKS

DEFENSE STUDIES

EDUCATION REFORM

HONORS AND AWARDS

SCIENCE, DEFENSE, AND EDUCATION

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610193318

9781280193316

128019331X

9780309564403

0309564409

9780585273310

0585273316

OCLC:

726823053