LEADER 03311nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910784325603321 005 20231206231102.0 010 $a1-280-45212-9 010 $a9786610452125 010 $a0-660-19258-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351616 035 $a(EBL)227064 035 $a(OCoLC)426460601 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000162255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201246 035 $a(PQKB)11177166 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227064 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10050750 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL45212 035 $a(OCoLC)56415999 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/xx6p3p 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3241535 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351616 100 $a20040405d2002 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGerhard Herzberg$b[electronic resource] $ean illustrious life in science /$fBoris Stoicheff 210 $aOttawa $cNRC Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (483 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-660-18757-4 327 $aCONTENTS; FOREWORD; PROLOGUE; 1. FAMILY AND EARLY EDUCATION; 2. UNIVERSITY YEARS; 3. A YEAR IN GO?TTINGEN; 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 327 $a16. 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 330 $aGerhard 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. 606 $aSpectrum analysis$xHistory 606 $aMolecular spectroscopy$xHistory 606 $aPhysicists$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zCanada$vBiography 615 0$aSpectrum analysis$xHistory. 615 0$aMolecular spectroscopy$xHistory. 615 0$aPhysicists 615 0$aScientists 676 $a530.092 676 $a530/.092 700 $aStoicheff$b B. P$g(Boris P.)$01568590 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784325603321 996 $aGerhard Herzberg$93840813 997 $aUNINA