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Biographical memoirs. Volume 66.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--United States.
- Scientists.
- Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Biographic Memoirs Volume 66 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
- MYRON LEE BENDER
- BIOGRAPHICAL
- ORIGINAL RESEARCH
- THE TETRAHEDRAL INTERMEDIATE
- ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- KINETICS
- SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS
- MODEL SYSTEMS
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ROYAL ALEXANDER BRINK
- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SETH CARLO CHANDLER, JR.
- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
- INVENTING THE ALMUCANTAR
- DISCOVERY OF POLAR MOTION
- LEARNING THE COMPLEXITIES OF POLAR MOTION
- SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE
- RE-REDUCING HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS
- FROM HISTORICAL RESULTS TO PREDICTIONS
- VARIABLE STARS
- COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS LEAD TO DIVERSE STUDIES
- THE TELEGRAPHIC CODE
- IN CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- JULE GREGORY CHARNEY
- THE BUDDING MATHEMATICIAN
- A NEW LIGHT IN METEOROLOGY
- NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION AND PRINCETON
- ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
- EUGENE FEENBERG
- NOTE
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- ROBERT EDWARD GROSS
- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- HARRY GRUNDFEST
- SCIENTIFIC CAREER (1929-1954)
- PURPURA YEARS (1954-1961)
- KRAMER BUILDING YEARS (1961-1976)
- HONORS AND AWARDS
- LOUIS GEORGE HENYEY
- JOSEPH OAKLAND HIRSCHFELDER
- FREDERICK KAUFMAN
- DANIEL SANFORD LEHRMAN
- CHARLES SNOWDEN PIGGOT
- HENRY PRIMAKOFF
- EARLY YEARS
- PHYSICS RESEARCH
- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
- REMARKS IN HONOR OF HENRY PRIMAKOFF DECEMBER 18, 1981 AT PHILADELPHIA
- J. FRANK SCHAIRER
- EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLASTIC RECORD
- HOOKED FOR LIFE.
- STRADDLING THE FENCE
- THE ENTHUSIAST
- FELDSPARS AND FELDSPATHOIDS
- EARLY AND LATE CRYSTALLIZING MINERALS
- THE EXPEDITER
- BACK TO FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE
- THE BASALT SYSTEMS
- ENDMEMBER MINERAL SYSTEMS
- THE STORY TELLER
- THE ORGANIZER
- THE FAMILY TIES
- REST AT LAST
- HARRY BOLTON SEED
- KENNETH WARTINBEE SPENCE
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- TEACHING
- HONORS
- MAX TISHLER
- GEORGE HOYT WHIPPLE
- THE EARLY YEARS (1878-1900)
- JOHNS HOPKINS YEARS (1901-14)
- THE SAN FRANCISCO YEARS (1914-21)
- THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1921-77)
- THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1930-40)
- THE WAR YEARS (1940-50)
- RETIREMENT YEARS (1952-75)
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786610193325
- 9781280193323
- 1280193328
- 9780309564373
- 0309564379
- 9780585273259
- 0585273251
- OCLC:
- 726823079
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