Gerhard Herzberg : an illustrious life in science / Boris Stoicheff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoicheff, B. P. (Boris P.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spectrum analysis--History.

Spectrum analysis.

Molecular spectroscopy--History.

Molecular spectroscopy.

Physicists--Canada--Biography.

Physicists.

Scientists--Canada--Biography.

Scientists.

Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999.

Herzberg, Gerhard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : NRC Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gerhard Herzberg (1904-1999) was one of the greatest scientists of the last century. Born and educated in Germany, he started his research just as the exciting discovery of quantum mechanics began unraveling the mysteries of the microscopic world. Herzberg chose to study spectroscopy, the light emitted and absorbed by atoms and molecules, which has played a central role in the development of modern science.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PROLOGUE; 1. FAMILY AND EARLY EDUCATION; 2. UNIVERSITY YEARS; 3. A YEAR IN GÖTTINGEN; 4. A YEAR IN BRISTOL; 5. PRIVATDOZENT IN DARMSTADT; 6. SEARCHING THE WORLD FOR AN ACADEMIC POSITION; 7. GUEST PROFESSORSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN; 8. BEGINNINGS IN CANADA; 9. THE WAR YEARS IN CANADA; 10. INTERLUDE AT YERKES OBSERVATORY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; 11. NEWS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN WAR-TORN EUROPE; 12. RETURN TO CANADA; 13. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA: THE TEMPLE OF SCIENCE; 14. THE SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY; 15. INSPIRING THE GROWTH OF BASIC RESEARCH

16. RESEARCH AND WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM17. AMBASSADOR OF CANADIAN SCIENCE; 18. THE CLASSIC VOLUMES; 19. CHALLENGING THE NEW POLITICS OF SCIENCE; 20. NOBEL LAUREATE; 21. WEATHERING THE AFTERMATH; 22. THE HERZBERG INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS; 23. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES; EPILOGUE; CHRONOLOGY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES AND REFERENCES; APPENDICES; BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS; HONOURS AND AWARDS; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-45212-9

9786610452125

0-660-19258-6

OCLC:

426460601