Biographical memoirs . Volume 78

• Pubblicazione: Washington, : National Academy of Sciences, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.22
• Soggetto topico: Scientists - United States; Science - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ROBERT COOLEY ELDERFIELD -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GERTRUDE B. ELION -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWARD VAUGHAN EVARTS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWARD C. FRANKLIN -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CLIFFORD GROBSTEIN -- GROWING UP-BRILLIANCE SEEN EARLY -- THE EARLY RESEARCH YEARS-BACKGROUND TO SUCCESS -- THE CORE YEARS-ACTION AT A DISTANCE -- SCIENTIST AS TEACHER -- AN IMPORTANT SIDE PATH-REORGANIZING BIOLOGY -- A NATURAL CULMINATION-SCIENCE AND SOCIAL VALUES -- ACADEMIC LEADER AND MEDIATOR -- THE PRIVATE MAN AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION -- A FULL LIFE SUMMED UP -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JEROME CLARKE HUNSAKER -- HONORS AND AWARDS -- CAREER CHRONOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHILIP F. LOW -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT FRANKLIN MEHL -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT SANDERSON MULLIKEN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WILLIAM D. PHILLIPS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDWARD MILLS PURCELL -- EARLY YEARS -- COLLEGE YEARS -- THE MIT RADIATION LABORATORY -- AFTER WORLD WAR II -- ASTROPHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REED CLARK ROLLINS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- STANLEY SCHACHTER -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLENN THEODORE SEABORG -- 1912-1942: EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE -- 1942-1961: SEPARATION OF PLUTONIUM AND DISCOVERY OF ELEMENTS 95-102 -- 1961-1971: THE WASHINGTON, D.C. YEARS -- 1971-99: RETURN TO BERKELEY -- SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES -- GENERAL REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GEORGE FREDERICK SPRAGUE -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- PUBLIC SERVICE -- FOREIGN SERVICE -- HONORS AND AWARDS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ROBERT JULIUS TRUMPLER -- CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION -- SCIENTIFIC WORK -- LIFE ON MT. HAMILTON AND AT BERKELEY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GEORGE WALD. ; REFERENCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOHN C. WARNER -- SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY -- EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY -- CIVIC ACTIVITIES -- HONORS AND AWARDS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS -- OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS -- ON EDUCATION AND SOCIETY -- JEROME BERT WIESNER -- WORLD WAR II AND THE POSTWAR YEARS -- THE WASHINGTON YEARS -- PROVOST AND PRESIDENT OF MIT -- THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION -- FINAL YEARS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ALFRED P. WOLF -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
• Sommario/riassunto: Biographic Memoirs Volume 78 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biographical memoirs
• ISBN: 9786610185504; 9781280185502; 1280185503; 9780309569859; 0309569850
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970036703321
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