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Biographical memoirs. Volume 78.
- 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 (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Biographic Memoirs Volume 78 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 COOLEY ELDERFIELD
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GERTRUDE B. ELION
- REFERENCES
- EDWARD VAUGHAN EVARTS
- EDWARD C. FRANKLIN
- NOTES
- CLIFFORD GROBSTEIN
- GROWING UP-BRILLIANCE SEEN EARLY
- THE EARLY RESEARCH YEARS-BACKGROUND TO SUCCESS
- THE CORE YEARS-ACTION AT A DISTANCE
- SCIENTIST AS TEACHER
- AN IMPORTANT SIDE PATH-REORGANIZING BIOLOGY
- A NATURAL CULMINATION-SCIENCE AND SOCIAL VALUES
- ACADEMIC LEADER AND MEDIATOR
- THE PRIVATE MAN AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION
- A FULL LIFE SUMMED UP
- JEROME CLARKE HUNSAKER
- HONORS AND AWARDS
- CAREER CHRONOLOGY
- PHILIP F. LOW
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MEHL
- ROBERT SANDERSON MULLIKEN
- WILLIAM D. PHILLIPS
- EDWARD MILLS PURCELL
- EARLY YEARS
- COLLEGE YEARS
- THE MIT RADIATION LABORATORY
- AFTER WORLD WAR II
- ASTROPHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS
- REED CLARK ROLLINS
- STANLEY SCHACHTER
- GLENN THEODORE SEABORG
- 1912-1942: EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE
- 1942-1961: SEPARATION OF PLUTONIUM AND DISCOVERY OF ELEMENTS 95-102
- 1961-1971: THE WASHINGTON, D.C. YEARS
- 1971-99: RETURN TO BERKELEY
- SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
- GENERAL REFERENCES
- GEORGE FREDERICK SPRAGUE
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- PUBLIC SERVICE
- FOREIGN SERVICE
- ROBERT JULIUS TRUMPLER
- CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION
- SCIENTIFIC WORK
- LIFE ON MT. HAMILTON AND AT BERKELEY
- GEORGE WALD.
- REFERENCES
- JOHN C. WARNER
- SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
- EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
- CIVIC ACTIVITIES
- WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS
- OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
- ON EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
- JEROME BERT WIESNER
- WORLD WAR II AND THE POSTWAR YEARS
- THE WASHINGTON YEARS
- PROVOST AND PRESIDENT OF MIT
- THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
- FINAL YEARS
- ALFRED P. WOLF
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786610185504
- 9781280185502
- 1280185503
- 9780309569859
- 0309569850
- OCLC:
- 320320845
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