Biographical memoirs. Volume 59.

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 (493 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographic Memoirs Volume 59 contains short biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences.

Contents:

Intro

Biographical Memoirs

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Frederic C. Bartter September 10, 1914-May 5, 1983

EARLY LIFE

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

PERSONAL QUALITIES

HONORS

CHRONOLOGY

Postgraduate Training And Fellowships

Professional Appointments

Memberships

Selected Bibliography

George Wells Beadle October 22, 1903-June 9, 1989

EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE

DROSOPHILA STUDIES: CROSSING OVER, VERMILION AND CINNABAR

BEADLE AND TATUM

NEUROSPORA CRASSA AND GENE ACTION

BEADLE AS LABORATORY HEAD

CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVISION OF BIOLOGY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

Honorary Degrees

Doctor of Science

Legum Doctor (LL. D.)

Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor (L.H.D.)

Doctor of Public Service

Awards

Professional And Honorary Societies

Solomon A. Berson April 22, 1918-April 11, 1972

Raymond Thayer Birge March 13, 1887-March 22, 1980

BERKELEY

CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

RAYMOND BIRGE, THE MAN

William Henry Chandler July 31, 1878-October 29, 1970

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

TREES IN TWO CLIMATES

Death by Freezing

The Rest Period

FRUIT TREE NUTRITION-THE ZINC STORY

REFLECTIONS, CONVICTIONS, AND FAITH

Gertrude Mary Cox January 13, 1900-October 17, 1978

EARLY YEARS

SOUTHERN VENTURE

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

TRAVELS

CLOSING REMARKS

Conrad Arnold Elvehjem May 27, 1901-July 27, 1962

RETURN TO WISCONSIN

NICOTINIC ACID

THE B VITAMINS AND AMINO ACIDS

PUBLIC SERVICE

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

AWARDS

Selected Bibliography.

Gottfried Samuel Fraenkel April 23, 1901-October 26, 1984

BRITAIN

AMERICA

Haldan Keffer Hartline December 22, 1903-March 18, 1983

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

Single Optic Nerve Fibers

The Receptive Field

The Generator Potential

The Hartline-Ratliff Equations

A SENSE OF HUMOR

HONORS AND AWARDS

HOME AND FAMILY

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Mark Kac August 16, 1914-October 25, 1984

MATHEMATICAL WORK

Independence and the Normal Law

Brownian Motion and Integration in Function Space

Statistical Mechanics

PERSONAL APPRECIATION

HONORS, PRIZES, AND SERVICE

Aldo Starker Leopold October 22, 1913-August 23, 1983

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Manfred Martin Mayer June 15, 1916-September 18, 1984

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION

TEACHER AND MENTOR

Professional And Academic Positions

Learned Societies

Honorary Memberships

Other Professional Activities

Prizes And Awards

Walsh McDermott October 24, 1909-October 17, 1981

THE MCDERMOTT LABORATORY

Penicillin

Antimicrobial Therapy for Infections in Animals

More Penicillin and the Role of Drugs in Combination

EDITORIAL WORK

CHANGE IN FOCUS: PUBLIC HEALTH

WORK IN THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE

CREATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

ETHICS, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND MODERN SCIENCE

Theophilus Shickel Painter August 22, 1889-October 5, 1969

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION.

CHROMOSOME CYTOLOGY AND SEX CHROMOSOMES

DROSOPHILA CYTOGENETICS

RETURN TO SCIENCE

George Polya December 13, 1887-September7, 1985

ORIGINS AND CAREER

PROBABILITY

COMPLEX ANALYSIS

REAL ANALYSIS, APPROXIMATION THEORY, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

COMBINATORICS

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS

Edward Lawrie Tatum December 14, 1909-November 7, 1975

THE STANFORD YEARS (1937-1945)

Neurospora and the One Gene-One Enzyme Theory

Anticipating the One Gene-One Enzyme Theory

Tryptophane and E. coli K-12

Tatum and Lederberg-Genetic Recombination in Bacteria

RETURN TO STANFORD (1948-1956)

THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE (1957-1975)

THE NOBEL PRIZE (1958)

IN CONCLUSION

Cornelis Bernardus Van Niel November 4, 1897-March 10, 1985

DELFT: WORKING WITH KLUYVER

PACIFIC GROVE: HOPKINS MARINE STATION

PHOTOSYNTHESIS STUDIES

METHANE PRODUCTION AND CARBON DIOXIDE UTILIZATION

Bacterial Taxonomy

DENITRIFICATION

VAN NIEL THE GENERALIST

TEACHER AND COLLEAGUE

RETIREMENT

Degrees And Honorary Degrees

Fellowships And Professional Appointments

Awards And Honors

Robert H. Whittaker December 27, 1920-October 20, 1980

SCIENTIFIC WORK

The Continuum of Plant Species Distribution

Plant and Insect Population Patterns, and Element Cycling

Dimension Analysis and the Classification of the Kingdoms

Desert and Forest: Structure and Function

Species Diversity, Ordination Methods

TEACHER, DIPLOMAT, HONORED RESEARCHER

HEALTH PROBLEMS

Maxwell Myer Wintrobe October 27, 1901-December 9, 1986

THE TULANE YEARS (1927-1930): ''ANEMIA OF THE SOUTH," NORMAL BLOOD VALUES, THE WINTROBE HEMATOCRIT,...

JOHNS HOPKINS (1930-1943)

THE UTAH YEARS (1943-1986)

The Utah Group and the Wintrobe Legacy

Clinical Hematology

Principles Of Internal Medicine

Blood, Pure And Eloquent

RETIREMENT FROM THE CHAIR OF MEDICINE

Cumulative Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610212576

9781280212574

1280212578

9780309597487

030959748X

9780585272825

0585272824

OCLC:

45729739