Biographical memoirs. vol. 45 / 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--United States--Biography.

Scientists.

Science--United States--Biography.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 45 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:

""Biographical Memoirs""; ""Biographical Memoirs""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Harold Delos Babcock""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Irving Widmer Bailey""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Edward Wilber Berry""; ""BEGINNINGS""; ""HOPKINS CAREER""; ""PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS""; ""SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION""; ""DEAN AND PROVOST""; ""HONORS, DISTINCTIONS, MEMBERSHIPS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Marston Taylor Bogert""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""GERMAN PATENTS""; ""U.S. PATENTS""; ""Paul Sophus Epstein""

""BIBLIOGRAPHY""""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Herbert McLean Evans""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY ""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Victor Kuhn LaMer""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Irving Langmuir""; ""ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY""; ""SCIENTIFIC WORK""; ""Chemical Reactions at High Temperatures and Low Pressures""; ""Thermal Effects in Gases""; ""Atomic Structure""; ""Thermionic Emission and Surfaces in Vacuum""; """"Chemical Forces"" in Solids, Liquids, and Surface Films""; ""Electric Discharge in Gases""; ""Science Out-of-Doors""; ""HONORS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY ""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""

""Joseph Hoover Mackin""""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Elmer Verner McCollum""; ""THE FORMATIVE YEARS""; ""THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: TEN PIONEERING YEARS""; ""THE MOVE TO JOHNS HOPKINS""; ""MAKING KNOWN THE NEWER KNOWLEDGE OF NUTRITION""; ""THE DISCOVERY OF VITAMIN D""; ""INVESTIGATIONS ON OTHER NUTRIENTS""; ""THE PUBLIC GOOD: CONSULTING AND MEMBERSHIP ON PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOOD INDUSTRY""; ""THE BREAD ENRICHMENT DEBATE""; ""NUTRITION AND DENTAL HEALTH""; ""RETIREMENT""; ""CHRONOLOGY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""

""BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES""""George Richards Minot""; ""DEGREES, APPOINTMENTS, AND HONORS""; ""Degrees""; ""Hospital and University Appointments""; ""Member""; ""Honorary Member""; ""Fellow""; ""Awards""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Carl Richard Moore""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""James Flack Norris""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Oscar Riddle""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Acknowledgments For The Photographs""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610246366

9781280246364

1280246367

9780309533553

0309533554

9780585272610

0585272611

OCLC:

923266690