Biographical memoirs . Volume 71 / / National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973547403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
• ISBN: 9786610191611; 9781280191619; 1280191619; 9780309590310; 0309590310; 9780585220246; 0585220247
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 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: Biographical Memoirs -- Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- Biographical Memoirs -- JEROME W. CONN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ALLAN V. COX -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOSEPH MICHAEL DALY -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- GRADUATE EDUCATION -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- RESEARCH -- PATHOTOXINS -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWARD SMITH DEEVEY, JR. -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BERNARD N. FIELDS -- COLLEGE AND MEDICAL SCHOOL -- RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS -- TEACHING AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS -- FAMILY -- CODA -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RAYMOND MATTHEW FUOSS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LESTER ORVILLE KRAMPITZ -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ERNEST GEORGE MERRITT -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT McC. NETTING -- EARLY WORKS -- HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: THE TÖRBEL YEARS -- A SYNTHESIS: THE LAST FEW YEARS -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ALLEN NEWELL -- THE CAREER -- HOW IT BEGAN -- ; RAND -- THE COMMITMENT -- THE LOGIC THEORIST AND LIST PROCESSING -- EXPLOITING THE FIRST SUCCESS -- THINKING-ALOUD PROTOCOLS -- THE GENERAL PROBLEM SOLVER (GPS) -- THE INFORMATION PROCESSING LANGUAGES (IPLS) -- PRODUCTION SYSTEM LANGUAGES (OPS5) -- CHESS: THE NSS PROGRAM -- HUMAN PROBLEM SOLVING -- COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE -- UNSOLVED ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS -- THE MERLIN PROGRAM -- DIVERSIONS -- COMPUTER STRUCTURES -- SPEECH UNDERSTANDING -- HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION -- SOAR -- SCIENCE STATESMANSHIP -- THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT -- THE CAMPUS NETWORK -- ARPA -- COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND AAAI -- ALLEN, THE PERSON -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER -- EARLY SCIENTIFIC WORK -- THE BERKELEY PERIOD -- LOS ALAMOS -- HIS PUBLIC LIFE -- THE SECURITY INVESTIGATION -- THE FERMI AWARD -- THE PRINCETON PERIOD -- WRITINGS ON GENERAL TOPICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.; LECTURES, SPEECHES, BROADCASTS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES -- LITERATURE ABOUT OPPENHEIMER -- LINUS CARL PAULING -- EARLY YEARS -- PASADENA -- THE NATURE OF THE CHEMICAL BOND -- PAULING AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY -- POLITICAL ACTIVISM -- APOSTLE OF VITAMIN C -- PAULING THE MAN -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CARL PFAFFMANN -- NOTE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWARD SAPIR -- EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION -- PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT -- LINGUISTIC METHOD AND THEORY -- SAPIR AS THEORETICIAN OF CULTURE -- CONTINUING REPUTATION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RICHARD LESTER SOLOMON -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROGER WOLCOTT SPERRY -- NOTE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- DEWITT STETTEN, JR. -- EARLY LIFE AND SCHOOLING -- EARLY RESEARCH TRAINING -- ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH -- DEAN OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL -- NIH ADMINISTRATION -- LEADERSHIP POSITIONS -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JABEZ CURRY STREET -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FRANCIS JOHN TURNER -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ERNEST GLEN WEVER -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
• Sommario/riassunto: Biographic Memoirs Volume 71 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.