Biographical memoirs. Volume 62.

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 (508 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 62 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

GEORGE FREDERIC BARKER

WILLIAM BLOOM

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

JOHN NATHANIEL COUCH

THE EARLY YEARS: FAMILY AND EDUCATION

THE INTERMEDIATE YEARS: GRADUATE TRAINING

Battlefield, Laboratory, Classroom

THE PROFESSIONAL YEARS: GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR

THE LATER YEARS: RETIREMENT

NOTES

MAX LUDWIG HENNING DELBRUCK

FAMILY BACKGROUND

EARLY INTEREST IN SCIENCE

EARLY CAREER IN PHYSICS (1929-32)

Bristol

Copenhagen and Zürich

THE BERLIN YEARS (1932-37)

THE BACTERIOPHAGE EPOCH (1937-53)

Early Days at Caltech

Vanderbilt University and the Phage Group

Cold Spring Harbor and the Phage and Phycomyces Courses

Return to Caltech

DNA as Genetic Material

THE PHYCOMYCES PERIOD (1953-81)

The Cologne Interlude (1961-63)

PERSONALITY

Sense of Humour

The Intellectual Man

LAST DAYS

FAMILY

HONORS

REFERENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MICHAEL DOUDOROFF

HERBERT FRIEDMANN

JACOB FURTH

EARLY YEARS IN RESEARCH, 1918-32

CORNELL, 1932-47

A SHORT STAY IN DALLAS, 1947-49

RADIATION BIOLOGY AT OAK RIDGE, 1950-54

HARVARD AND THE CHILIDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1954-59

TWO YEARS IN BUFFALO

THE FINAL YEARS, COLUMBIA, 1961-79

JOY PAUL GUILFORD

JOEL HENRY HILDEBRAND

CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

NATIONAL AND OTHER SERVICE

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARDS

OTHER AWARDS AND LECTURESHIPS

GERARD PETER KUIPER

SOURCES

NOTE

BIDELMAN'S PAPERS

Leonard Amby Maynard

EARLY LIFE AND FORMATIVE YEARS

FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUTRITION PROGRAM AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING CORNELL AS A CENTER FOR HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND TEACHING

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PUBLIC SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN THE POSTWAR YEARS

INTERPRETATION OF IMPORTANT ADVANCES AND RELEVANT ISSUES IN NUTRITION FOR POLICY MAKERS

ENCOURAGEMENT OF FACULTY COLLEAGUES

THE HOME AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR DISCUSSION OF NUTRITION-RELATED INITIATIVES

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN CHANGING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NUTRITIONAL ISSUES AND IN PROMOTING THE TEACHING...

I. I. RABI

THE EARLY YEARS

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT COLUMBIA

WORLD WAR II

RETURN TO COLUMBIA

SCIENTIST STATESMAN

RICHARD BROOKE ROBERTS

CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION

PREWAR YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON

WARTIME

PEACE, ARMS CONTROL, AND SOME POLITICS

THE BIOPHYSICS GROUP AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM

STUDIES OF BIOSYNTHESIS IN E. COLI

MACROMOLECULAR BIOSYNTHESIS

THE BRAIN

KENNETH DAVID ROEDER

FRANZ SCHRADER

WILLIAM SMITH TILLETT

MAURICE BOLKS VISSCHER

ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD

DON MERLIN LEE YOST

BOOK REVIEWS

Cumulative Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610196364

9781280196362

128019636X

9780309598293

030959829X

9780585146737

058514673X

OCLC:

45729831