Biographical memoirs . Volume 66

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812600003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : National Academy of Sciences, 1995
• ISBN: 1-280-19332-8; 9786610193325; 0-309-56437-9; 0-585-27325-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.22
• Soggetti: Scientists - United States; Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- MYRON LEE BENDER -- BIOGRAPHICAL -- ORIGINAL RESEARCH -- THE TETRAHEDRAL INTERMEDIATE -- ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY -- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY -- KINETICS -- SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS -- MODEL SYSTEMS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROYAL ALEXANDER BRINK -- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SETH CARLO CHANDLER, JR. -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION -- INVENTING THE ALMUCANTAR -- DISCOVERY OF POLAR MOTION -- LEARNING THE COMPLEXITIES OF POLAR MOTION -- SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE -- RE-REDUCING HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS -- FROM HISTORICAL RESULTS TO PREDICTIONS -- VARIABLE STARS -- COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS LEAD TO DIVERSE STUDIES -- THE TELEGRAPHIC CODE -- IN CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JULE GREGORY CHARNEY -- THE BUDDING MATHEMATICIAN -- A NEW LIGHT IN METEOROLOGY -- NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION AND PRINCETON -- ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS -- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EUGENE FEENBERG -- NOTE -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT EDWARD GROSS -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ; HARRY GRUNDFEST -- SCIENTIFIC CAREER (1929-1954) -- PURPURA YEARS (1954-1961) -- KRAMER BUILDING YEARS (1961-1976) -- HONORS AND AWARDS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LOUIS GEORGE HENYEY -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOSEPH OAKLAND HIRSCHFELDER -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FREDERICK KAUFMAN -- NOTE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- DANIEL SANFORD LEHRMAN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHARLES SNOWDEN PIGGOT -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- HENRY PRIMAKOFF -- EARLY YEARS -- PHYSICS RESEARCH -- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS -- REMARKS IN HONOR OF HENRY PRIMAKOFF DECEMBER 18, 1981 AT PHILADELPHIA -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- J. FRANK SCHAIRER -- EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLASTIC RECORD -- HOOKED FOR LIFE.; STRADDLING THE FENCE -- THE ENTHUSIAST -- FELDSPARS AND FELDSPATHOIDS -- EARLY AND LATE CRYSTALLIZING MINERALS -- THE EXPEDITER -- BACK TO FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE -- THE BASALT SYSTEMS -- ENDMEMBER MINERAL SYSTEMS -- THE STORY TELLER -- THE ORGANIZER -- THE FAMILY TIES -- REST AT LAST -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- HARRY BOLTON SEED -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- KENNETH WARTINBEE SPENCE -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- TEACHING -- HONORS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MAX TISHLER -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GEORGE HOYT WHIPPLE -- THE EARLY YEARS (1878-1900) -- JOHNS HOPKINS YEARS (1901-14) -- THE SAN FRANCISCO YEARS (1914-21) -- THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1921-77) -- THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1930-40) -- THE WAR YEARS (1940-50) -- RETIREMENT YEARS (1952-75) -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.