Biographical memoirs. Volume 51.

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 (426 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 51 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

Abraham Adrian Albert

PH.D. STUDENTS OF A. A. ALBERT

Bibliography

Leonard Carmichael

Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland

Lester Reynold Dragstedt

DRAGSTEDT'S VIEWS OF SURGICAL TRAINING AND HOW HE BECAME A SURGEON

DRAGSTEDT'S GASTRIC SECRETORY STUDIES

GASTRIC FISTULA STUDIES

VAGOTOMY STUDIES

THE ANTRAL EXCLUSION OPERATION

DRAGSTEDT REJECTED AUTOINTOXICATION AS THE LETHAL FACTOR IN OBSTRUCTION

CANINE LIVER AUTOLYSIS

DRAGSTEDT AND THE PARATHYROIDS

PANCREATIC STUDIES

DRAGSTEDT SUCCEEDS PHEMISTER AS SURGICAL CHAIRMAN

DRAGSTEDT'S 1954 APPRAISAL OF HIS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS

RETIREMENT FROM CHAIRMANSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

PERSONAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

DRAGSTEDT JOINS HIS PROTEGE WOODWARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

Degrees

Honorary Degrees

University Appointments

Northwestern University

Memberships in American Organizations and Societies

Honorary Memberships in Foreign Organizations and Societies

American Honors and Awards

FOREIGN HONORS AND AWARDS

Selected Bibliography

Albert Einstein

William Maurice Ewing

CHILDHOOD, 1906-1922

A STUDENT AT THE RICE INSTITUTE, 1922-1929

THE 1930'S SEISMOLOGY AT SEA

THE WAR, 1940-1946

THE LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY AND VEMA

SEISMOLOGY AT SEA

TOPOGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTS OF THE OCEAN FLOOR

SEA-FLOOR SPREADING AND PLATE TECTONICS

CAUSES OF ICE AGES

LUNAR SEISMOLOGY

OTHER INVESTIGATIONS

THE MOVE TO GALVESTON

PERSONALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT

REFERENCES

Awards and Memberships

Alfred Irving Hallowell

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS

POSITIONS, SERVICES, AND HONORS.

PERSONAL STYLE

Herbert Spencer Harned

Walter Abraham Jacobs

Awards

Professional and Honorary Societies

Robert Kho-Seng Lim

Professional Record

Military Record

Decorations

Alfred Lee Loomis

Awards and Medals

Boards of Trustees

Scientific Societies

Administrative Posts

Howard Percy Robertson

BEGINNINGS

CAREER POSITIONS

MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND THE UNIVERSE

WORLD WAR II AND SCIENCE

Ernest Harry Vestine

Education

Professional Positions

Professional Societies

Honors

William Barry Wood, Jr.

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780309599016

0309599016

9780585272702

0585272700

OCLC:

70750546