Biographical memoirs . Volume 58

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (550 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.22
• Soggetto topico: Scientists - United States; Science - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Percival Bailey -- Selected Bibliography -- Eric Glendinning Ball -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Chronology -- Memberships -- Selected Bibliography -- Jens Christian Clausen -- CONFESSIONS AND OPINIONS OF AN ECOLOGIST OF SORTS -- Personal Background -- At the Royal Agricultural College, Copenhagen, 1921-1931 -- With the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Stanford, 1931 -- Ecotype and Varied Environment Studies -- Evolution of Genetic Barriers -- Stages in the Evolution of Species -- Apomixis -- Genetic Structure of Ecological Races -- Balance Between Variation and Coherence -- Evolution of Communities -- The Search for the Differentiating Processes -- The Future of Ecology -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- Selected Bibliography -- Carleton Stevens Coon -- PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: RACIAL ADAPTATIONS -- CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- EXCAVATIONS AND FIELDWORK -- WORLD WAR II -- TEACHER, COLLEAGUE, FRIEND -- FURTHER READINGS -- Selected Bibliography -- Rene Jules Dubos -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Awards And Memberships -- Honorary Degrees -- Selected Bibliography -- John Ray Dunning -- FAMILY BACKGROUND -- NEUTRON RESEARCH -- PERSONALITY -- CYCLOTRON -- FISSION OF URANIUM -- THE CHAIN REACTION -- LETTER TO NIER -- FISSION OF U235 -- NEVIS CYCLOTRON -- DEAN OF ENGINEERING -- MEDAL OF MERIT -- PUBLIC SERVICE -- Selected Bibliography -- Arie Jan Haagen-Smit -- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY -- SMOG AND MICROCHEMISTRY -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Boards And Committees -- Honors And Awards -- Professional Societies -- Selected Bibliography -- Harry Frederick Harlow -- ACADEMIC YEARS -- PRIMATE LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH -- OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES -- Selected Bibliography -- Charles Heidelberger -- EARLY YEARS -- RESEARCH CAREER. ; CARCINOGENIC POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS -- TRANSFORMATION OF CELLS IN CULTURE -- CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY -- PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS -- TEACHING -- FAMILY AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES -- Selected Bibliography -- PATENTS -- Moses Kunitz -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Selected Bibliography -- Robert Helmer MacArthur -- Selected Bibliography -- Margaret Mead -- THE CAREER -- THE WORK -- THE PERSON -- Selected Bibliography -- David Nachmansohn -- HONORS -- Selected Bibliography -- FURTHER READINGS -- Harry F. Olson -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Degrees And Honorary Degrees -- Memberships -- Honors And Awards -- PATENTS -- Selected Bibliography -- Oscar Knefler Rice -- Selected Bibliography -- Dickinson Woodruff Richards -- FAMILY BACKGROUND: CHILDHOOD, SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE EDUCATION -- MEDICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAINING (189 ... -- EARLY CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS (1928-1932) -- THIRTY YEARS OF COLLABORATION WITH A. COURNAND (1932-1961) -- Selected Bibliography -- Charles Donald Shane -- LIFE HISTORY -- RESEARCH -- ADMINISTRATION -- ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH -- OTHER ASPECTS -- FAMILY LIFE -- RETIREMENT YEARS -- Selected Bibliography -- William Christopher Stadie -- Selected Bibliography -- Cumulative Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Biographic Memoirs Volume 58 contains short biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biographical memoirs
• ISBN: 9786610214686; 9781280214684; 1280214686; 9780309597456; 0309597455; 9780585272818; 0585272816
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911147294703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II