Biographical memoirs. Volume 61.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--United States.

Scientists.

Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (580 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 61 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

Lloyd Viel Berkner

THE EARLY YEARS

CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL, MANAGEMENT (1933-39)

THE POST-WAR YEARS (1946-51)

ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES YEARS (1951-60)

BERKNER'S ROLE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE

GRADUATE RESEARCH CENTER OF THE SOUTHWEST

LLOYD BERKNER, THE MAN

NOTES

Selected Bibliography

Robert Bigham Brode

EDUCATION

PREWAR RESEARCH AND TEACHING

WAR SERVICE

POSTWAR TEACHING AND RESEARCH

ACADEMIC STATESMANSHIP

HONORS AND AWARDS

Karl Taylor Compton

THE EARLY YEARS (1887-1918)

PRINCETON YEARS (1915-30)

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1930-54)

WORLD WAR II: COOPERATION WITH THE MILITARY

IN CONCLUSION

NOTE

Clyde Hamilton Coombs

BIOGRAPHY

HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS

Carl Ferdinand Cori

EUROPE (1896-1922)

BUFFALO, NEW YORK (1922-31): STATE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MALIGNANT DISEASES-ROSWELL PARK MEMORIAL INSTITUTE

Regulation of Glucose Concentration in the Blood

Influential Publications

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ST. LOUIS (1931-45)

Phosphorylase-The Cori Ester

Polysaccharides and Phosphorylase a and b

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS (1945-66)

Glycogen Structure and the Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism

The Action of Insulin

Glycogen-storage Diseases

THE LATER YEARS: BOSTON (1966-84)

Enzyme Synthesis and Gene Expression

Gerty Theresa Cori

THIS I BELIEVE

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

Degrees

Professional Appointments

Honors

John Holmes Dingle

Harvey Fletcher

NOTES.

Selected Bibliography

Robert Minard Garrels

Hollis Dow Hedberg

Dwight Joyce Ingle

EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE

INGLE AND THE NEW FIELD OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE AND THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH

AWARDS AND HONORS

Solomon Lefschetz

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

LEFSCHETZ AND ALBEGRAIC GEOMETRY

LEFSCHETZ THE TOPOLOGIST

LEFSCHETZ AND ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Bibliography of S. Lefschetz

AUXILIARY REFERENCES

Arthur Weever Melton

PRE-WAR RESEARCH

MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY

HUMAN PERFORMANCE CENTER

Elvin Charles Stakman

PUBLICATIONS

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES, AND HONORS AND AWARDS

Otto Struve

EARLY YEARS

YERKES YEARS

POST-YERKES YEARS

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Norbert Wiener

ORIGIN

POSTDOCTORAL YEARS

CENTRAL DECADE I: 1919-29

CENTRAL DECADE II: 1930-40

PRIORITY TO APPLICATIONS (1940-64)

CYBERNETICS

BROWNIAN MOTION IN PERSPECTIVE

HARMONIC ANALYSIS IN PERSPECTIVE

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE

ACADEMIC CAREER

EPILOGUE

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

DOCTORAL STUDENTS OF NORBERT WIENER

Perry William Wilson

Clark Wissler

EARLY LIFE

PROFESSIONAL LIFE

Definition of Culture

Culture Area

Culture Pattern

Age and Area

Universal Pattern of Culture

Archeology and Physical Anthropology

SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS 20

Honorary Degrees

Offices in Professional Societies

Memberships (Honorary)

Memberships (Additional)

Wendell Phillips Woodring

Selected Bibliography.

Frederik William Holder Zachariasen

THE MAN

THE SCIENCE

Mineralogical Crystals

Inorganic Crystals

Groups in Crystals

Borate Groups

Atomic and Ionic Radii

Glass

Liquid Structure

The 5f Elements

Diffraction Theory

Melting Points

Superconductivity

SUMMARY

Cumulative Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610196371

9781280196379

1280196378

9780309563451

0309563453

9780585272849

0585272840

OCLC:

726823074