Biographical memoirs.

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 (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 76 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

SAMUEL KING ALLISON

FAMILY AND EARLY YEARS

X RAYS

WARTIME ACTIVITIES

POSTWAR SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP

NUCLEAR AND ATOMIC PHYSICS

STUDENTS

LAST YEARS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

KENNETH TOMPKINS BAINBRIDGE

FAMILY BACKGROUND

COLLEGE YEARS

THE YEARS BEFORE WORLD WAR II

THE WAR YEARS

RETURN TO ACADEMIC LIFE

CONCLUSION

NOTES

VALENTINE BARGMANN

NOTE

ROBERT W.BRIGGS

EARLY PERSONAL HISTORY

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

HONORS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

CODA

REFERENCES

THEODORE L.CAIRNS

BRUCE CHALMERS

KATHERINE ESAU

MAXWELL FINLAND

BENO GUTENBERG

HONORS

MARY R.HAAS

BRIEF SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL CAREER

PHONOLOGY BITS AMONG THE TUNICA

SOME MORPHOLOGICAL BITS IN TUNICA

A NOTE ON TUNICA SYNTAX AND TEXTS

A RESEARCH AND TEACHING SHIFT TO THAI

THAI TONES

A NOTE ON THAI WORDS AND SYNTAX

ON HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

ON LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

GEORGE HENRY HEPTING

EDWIN C.KEMBLE

WILLEM JACOB LUYTEN

ROBERT EUGENE MARSHAK

THE EARLY YEARS

THREE DECADES AT ROCHESTER

PRESIDENT OF CITY COLLEGE (1970-79)

THE BLACKSBURG YEARS

ENVOI

JEROME NAMIAS

FALL RIVER

FIRST METEOROLOGICAL JOB

MIT

EXTENDED-RANGE FORECASTS

WORLD WAR II

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION

CONFLUENCE

INDEX CYCLE

LAND INFLUENCES

OCEAN INFLUENCES

SCRIPPS

SEASONAL FORECASTS

EDUCATION

AWARDS.

SOCIETIES

EDWARD PURDY NEY

THE COSMIC RAY AND SKYHOOK BALLOON ERA

CHRISTIAN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH PETERS

EARLY CAREER

TO AMERICA

DUDLEY OBSERVATORY

TO HAMILTON COLLEGE

VULCAN CONTROVERSY

THE TRANSIT TO VENUS

VULCAN AGAIN

STAR CATALOGS AND LAWSUITS

HOWARD ENSIGN SIMMONS, JR.

GEORGE JOSEPH STIGLER

PERSONAL HISTORY

STIGLER AS SCIENTIST

HISTORY OF THOUGHT

PRICE THEORY

ECONOMIC REGULATION

STIGLER AS TEACHER

FINAL WORD

CLINTON NATHAN WOOLSEY

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610186013

9781280186011

1280186011

9780309569132

0309569133

9780585305424

0585305420

OCLC:

320320528