Biographical memoirs. Volume 62 / National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--Biography.

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Honoring the deceased members and foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering, this volume is an enduring record of the many contributions of engineering to humankind. This second volume of Memorial Tributes covers the period from January 1979 to April 1984.

Contents:

""THE BERLIN YEARS (1932-37)""""THE BACTERIOPHAGE EPOCH (1937-53)""; ""Early Days at Caltech""; ""Vanderbilt University and the Phage Group""; ""Cold Spring Harbor and the Phage and Phycomyces Courses""; ""Return to Caltech""; ""DNA as Genetic Material""; ""THE PHYCOMYCES PERIOD (1953-81)""; ""The Cologne Interlude (1961-63)""; ""PERSONALITY""; ""Sense of Humour""; ""The Intellectual Man""; ""LAST DAYS""; ""FAMILY""; ""HONORS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""MICHAEL DOUDOROFF""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""HERBERT FRIEDMANN""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""JACOB FURTH""

""EARLY YEARS IN RESEARCH, 1918-32""""CORNELL, 1932-47""; ""A SHORT STAY IN DALLAS, 1947-49""; ""RADIATION BIOLOGY AT OAK RIDGE, 1950-54""; ""HARVARD AND THE CHILIDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1954-59""; ""TWO YEARS IN BUFFALO""; ""THE FINAL YEARS, COLUMBIA, 1961-79""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""JOY PAUL GUILFORD""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""JOEL HENRY HILDEBRAND""; ""CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND HONORS""; ""PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES""; ""NATIONAL AND OTHER SERVICE""; ""AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARDS""; ""OTHER AWARDS AND LECTURESHIPS""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""

""GERARD PETER KUIPER""""SOURCES""; ""NOTE""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""BIDELMAN'S PAPERS""; ""Leonard Amby Maynard""; ""EARLY LIFE AND FORMATIVE YEARS""; ""FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUTRITION PROGRAM AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY""; ""LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING CORNELL AS A CENTER FOR HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND TEACHING""; ""RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS""; ""PUBLIC SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN THE POSTWAR YEARS""; ""INTERPRETATION OF IMPORTANT ADVANCES AND RELEVANT ISSUES IN NUTRITION FOR POLICY MAKERS""; ""ENCOURAGEMENT OF FACULTY COLLEAGUES""; ""HONORS""

""THE HOME AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR DISCUSSION OF NUTRITION-RELATED INITIATIVES""""MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN CHANGING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NUTRITIONAL ISSUES AND IN PROMOTING THE TEACHING OF NUTRITION""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""I. I. RABI""; ""THE EARLY YEARS""; ""RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT COLUMBIA""; ""WORLD WAR II""; ""RETURN TO COLUMBIA""; ""SCIENTIST STATESMAN""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""RICHARD BROOKE ROBERTS""; ""FAMILY""; ""CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION""; ""PREWAR YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON""; ""WARTIME""

""PEACE, ARMS CONTROL, AND SOME POLITICS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-22218-2

9786610222186

0-309-59886-9

0-585-14959-3