Biographical Memoirs

Biographical Memoirs

Volume 66

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309052375
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309564373
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1995
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 402
  • Language: English

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 66 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.

  • Biographical Memoirs
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • MYRON LEE BENDER
    • BIOGRAPHICAL
      • ORIGINAL RESEARCH
      • THE TETRAHEDRAL INTERMEDIATE
      • ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
      • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
      • KINETICS
      • SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS
      • MODEL SYSTEMS
      • NOTES
      • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ROYAL ALEXANDER BRINK
    • REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • SETH CARLO CHANDLER, JR.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
      • INVENTING THE ALMUCANTAR
      • DISCOVERY OF POLAR MOTION
      • LEARNING THE COMPLEXITIES OF POLAR MOTION
      • SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE
      • RE-REDUCING HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS
      • FROM HISTORICAL RESULTS TO PREDICTIONS
      • VARIABLE STARS
      • COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS LEAD TO DIVERSE STUDIES
      • THE TELEGRAPHIC CODE
      • IN CONCLUSION
      • REFERENCES
      • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • JULE GREGORY CHARNEY
    • THE BUDDING MATHEMATICIAN
      • A NEW LIGHT IN METEOROLOGY
      • NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION AND PRINCETON
      • ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
      • TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
      • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • EUGENE FEENBERG
    • NOTE
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ROBERT EDWARD GROSS
    • HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HARRY GRUNDFEST
    • SCIENTIFIC CAREER (1929-1954)
      • PURPURA YEARS (1954-1961)
      • KRAMER BUILDING YEARS (1961-1976)
      • HONORS AND AWARDS
      • NOTES
      • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LOUIS GEORGE HENYEY
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • JOSEPH OAKLAND HIRSCHFELDER
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • FREDERICK KAUFMAN
    • NOTE
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • DANIEL SANFORD LEHRMAN
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • CHARLES SNOWDEN PIGGOT
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HENRY PRIMAKOFF
    • EARLY YEARS
      • PHYSICS RESEARCH
      • PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
      • REMARKS IN HONOR OF HENRY PRIMAKOFF DECEMBER 18, 1981 AT PHILADELPHIA
      • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • J. FRANK SCHAIRER
    • EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLASTIC RECORD
    • HOOKED FOR LIFE
    • STRADDLING THE FENCE
    • THE ENTHUSIAST
    • FELDSPARS AND FELDSPATHOIDS
    • EARLY AND LATE CRYSTALLIZING MINERALS
    • THE EXPEDITER
    • BACK TO FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE
    • THE BASALT SYSTEMS
    • ENDMEMBER MINERAL SYSTEMS
    • THE STORY TELLER
    • THE ORGANIZER
    • THE FAMILY TIES
    • REST AT LAST
    • REFERENCES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HARRY BOLTON SEED
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • KENNETH WARTINBEE SPENCE
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
    • TEACHING
    • HONORS
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • MAX TISHLER
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GEORGE HOYT WHIPPLE
    • THE EARLY YEARS (1878-1900)
    • JOHNS HOPKINS YEARS (1901-14)
    • THE SAN FRANCISCO YEARS (1914-21)
    • THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1921-77)
    • THE ROCHESTER YEARS (1930-40)
    • THE WAR YEARS (1940-50)
    • RETIREMENT YEARS (1952-75)
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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