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Biographical memoirs. Volume 77 / 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 (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Biographic Memoirs Volume 77 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
- LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- LATER YEARS
- NOTES
- SELECTED HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SOIL SCIENCE
- NAVIGATION
- AERODYNAMICS
- STRATOSPHERIC EXPLORATION
- WAR RESEARCH
- BASEBALL TRAJECTORIES
- LIQUIDS UNDER TENSION
- ROGER WILLIAM BROWN
- PHILIP PACY COHEN
- BERNARD DAVID DAVIS
- THE TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH LABORATORY AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (1948-1957)
- HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL (1958-1984)
- MICHAEL J. S. DEWAR
- ROBERT HENRY DICKE
- WALTHER FREDERICK GOEBEL
- GERTRUDE SCHARFF GOLDHABER
- CARL W. GOTTSCHALK
- EARLY LIFE
- REVIVING MICROPUNCTURE
- A DECISIVE MICROPUNCTURE EXPERIMENT
- LATER STUDIES
- SERVICE AND AWARDS
- COLLECTOR AND HISTORIAN
- THE LAST YEARS
- JESSE D. JENNINGS
- JOHN GAMBLE KIRKWOOD
- IZAAK MAURITS KOLTHOFF
- EDWIN HERBERT LAND
- POLARIZER
- INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY
- SCIENCE-BASED COMPANY
- COLOR VISION RESEARCH
- OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE
- EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY
- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- RICHARD MACY NOYES
- JAMES OLDS
- ALWIN MAX PAPPENHEIMER, JR.
- FREDERICK DOMINIC ROSSINI
- AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS (1928-50)
- AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1950-60)
- AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (1960-71)
- AT RICE UNIVERSITY (1971-78).
- THE LATE YEARS (1978-90)
- HONORS AND AWARDS
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- THEODORE WILLIAM SCHULTZ
- REFERENCES
- JOHN CHARLES WALKER
- GIAN-CARLO WICK
- SELECTED BIBLOGRAPHY
- THE ROME PERIOD
- THE AMERICAN PERIOD.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610185696
- 9781280185694
- 1280185694
- 9780309593731
- 0309593735
- 9780585303284
- 0585303282
- OCLC:
- 45728069
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