Biographical memoirs . Volume 77 / / National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957329503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• ISBN: 9786610185696; 9781280185694; 1280185694; 9780309593731; 0309593735; 9780585303284; 0585303282
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.22
• Soggetti: Scientists - United States; Science - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- LATER YEARS -- NOTES -- SELECTED HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SOIL SCIENCE -- NAVIGATION -- AERODYNAMICS -- STRATOSPHERIC EXPLORATION -- WAR RESEARCH -- BASEBALL TRAJECTORIES -- LIQUIDS UNDER TENSION -- ROGER WILLIAM BROWN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHILIP PACY COHEN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BERNARD DAVID DAVIS -- THE TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH LABORATORY AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (1948-1957) -- HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL (1958-1984) -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MICHAEL J. S. DEWAR -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT HENRY DICKE -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WALTHER FREDERICK GOEBEL -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GERTRUDE SCHARFF GOLDHABER -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CARL W. GOTTSCHALK -- EARLY LIFE -- ; REVIVING MICROPUNCTURE -- A DECISIVE MICROPUNCTURE EXPERIMENT -- LATER STUDIES -- SERVICE AND AWARDS -- COLLECTOR AND HISTORIAN -- THE LAST YEARS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JESSE D. JENNINGS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOHN GAMBLE KIRKWOOD -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- IZAAK MAURITS KOLTHOFF -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWIN HERBERT LAND -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- POLARIZER -- INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY -- SCIENCE-BASED COMPANY -- COLOR VISION RESEARCH -- OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE -- EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RICHARD MACY NOYES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JAMES OLDS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ALWIN MAX PAPPENHEIMER, JR. -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FREDERICK DOMINIC ROSSINI -- AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS (1928-50) -- AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1950-60) -- AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (1960-71) -- AT RICE UNIVERSITY (1971-78).; THE LATE YEARS (1978-90) -- HONORS AND AWARDS -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- THEODORE WILLIAM SCHULTZ -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOHN CHARLES WALKER -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GIAN-CARLO WICK -- SELECTED BIBLOGRAPHY -- THE ROME PERIOD -- THE AMERICAN PERIOD.
• Sommario/riassunto: Biographic Memoirs Volume 77 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.