Biographical memoirs. volume 63 / 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 (546 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 63 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: Volume 63

Copyright

Contents

PREFACE

THOMAS ADDIS

ADDIS'S EARLY LABORATORY WORK (1909-19)

UREA EXCRETION AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNCTIONING RENAL TISSUE (1916-25)

CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE (1922-33)

ORGAN GROWTH AND HYPERTROPHY (1925-49)

MECHANISMS OF PROTEINURIA (1932-49)

ADDIS, THE MAN

ADDIS, FORTY YEARS LATER

SOURCES

NOTES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

DIETRICH H. F. A. BODENSTEIN

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

DEGREE

PROFESSIONAL RECORD

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

HONORS

POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS

PH.D. STUDENTS

MASTER'S STUDENTS

WALTER HOUSER BRATTAIN

LEONARD EUGENE DICKSON

BIBLIOGRAPHY

STERLING HOWARD EMERSON

CHARLOTTE FRIEND

REFERENCES

JAMES JEROME GIBSON

ALBERT BAIRD HASTINGS

DOCTORAL STUDY SUPPORT BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE PERIOD

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PERIOD

THE HARVARD PERIOD

EARLY HARVARD RETIREMENT

LA JOLLA PHASES

NOTE

MEMBERSHIPS

HONORARY DEGREES (SC.D.)

AWARDS

VISITING POSTS AND LECTURESHIPS

EDITORSHIPS AND ADVISORY BOARD SERVICE TO PUBLICATIONS

ADVISORY AND CONSULTATIVE SERVICE TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

ADDITIONAL ADVISORY ACTIVITIES

EINAR HILLE

NATHAN ORAM KAPLAN

PROFESSIONAL (ACADEMIC) POSITIONS

HONORS AND AWARDS

SOCIETIES

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

WILTON MARION KROGMAN

PERSONAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS

POSITIONS, SERVICES, AND HONORS

PERSONAL STYLE

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

PHILIP LEVINE

BRUCE HERBERT MAHAN

ELLIOTT WATERS MONTROLL

EARL LEONARD MUETTERTIES

KEY REFERENCES

JERZY NEYMAN

EARLY YEARS

THE NEWMAN-PEARSON THEORY

SURVEY SAMPLING AND CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION

STATISTICAL PHILOSOPHY

MOVING TO AMERICA

THE BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

APPLIED STATISTICS

EPILOGUE

HONORARY DEGREES

JOHN HOWARD NORTHROP

EARLY RESEARCH, 1915-25

PROOF THAT PEPSIN IS A PROTEIN

VIRUSES

CRYSTALLINE ANTIBODIES

WORLD WAR II

POSTWAR ACTIVITIES

RETIREMENT

CONCLUSION

JULIA BOWMAN ROBINSON

HOWARD A. SCHNEIDERMAN

SERVICE (SELECTED)

THOMAS KILGORE SHERWOOD

AWARDS AND HONORARY DEGREES

Cumulative Index:.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610195916

9781280195914

1280195916

9780309585958

0309585953

9780585273150

0585273154

OCLC:

45734000