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Biographical Memoirs

Volume 61

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309047463
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309563451
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1992
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 581
  • Language: English

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 61 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
  • Lloyd Viel Berkner
    • THE EARLY YEARS
    • CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL, MANAGEMENT (1933-39)
    • THE POST-WAR YEARS (1946-51)
    • ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES YEARS (1951-60)
    • BERKNER'S ROLE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE
    • GRADUATE RESEARCH CENTER OF THE SOUTHWEST
    • LLOYD BERKNER, THE MAN
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Robert Bigham Brode
    • EDUCATION
    • PREWAR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
    • WAR SERVICE
    • POSTWAR TEACHING AND RESEARCH
    • ACADEMIC STATESMANSHIP
    • HONORS AND AWARDS
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Karl Taylor Compton
    • THE EARLY YEARS (1887-1918)
    • PRINCETON YEARS (1915-30)
    • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1930-54)
    • WORLD WAR II: COOPERATION WITH THE MILITARY
    • HONORS AND AWARDS
    • IN CONCLUSION
    • NOTE
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Clyde Hamilton Coombs
    • BIOGRAPHY
    • HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Carl Ferdinand Cori
    • EUROPE (1896-1922)
    • BUFFALO, NEW YORK (1922-31): STATE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MALIGNANT DISEASES-ROSWELL PARK MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
      • Regulation of Glucose Concentration in the Blood
      • Influential Publications
    • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ST. LOUIS (1931-45)
      • Phosphorylase—The Cori Ester
      • Polysaccharides and Phosphorylase a and b
    • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS (1945-66)
      • Glycogen Structure and the Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism
      • The Action of Insulin
      • Glycogen-storage Diseases
    • THE LATER YEARS: BOSTON (1966-84)
      • Enzyme Synthesis and Gene Expression
    • NOTE
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Gerty Theresa Cori
    • THIS I BELIEVE
    • NOTES
    • HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
      • Degrees
      • Professional Appointments
      • Honors
    • Selected Bibliography
  • John Holmes Dingle
    • NOTE
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Harvey Fletcher
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Robert Minard Garrels
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Hollis Dow Hedberg
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Dwight Joyce Ingle
    • EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
    • INGLE AND THE NEW FIELD OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
    • PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE AND THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH
    • AWARDS AND HONORS
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Solomon Lefschetz
    • PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
    • LEFSCHETZ AND ALBEGRAIC GEOMETRY
    • LEFSCHETZ THE TOPOLOGIST
    • LEFSCHETZ AND ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
    • NOTES
    • Bibliography of S. Lefschetz
    • AUXILIARY REFERENCES
  • Arthur Weever Melton
    • EDUCATION
    • PRE-WAR RESEARCH
    • MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
    • HUMAN PERFORMANCE CENTER
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Elvin Charles Stakman
    • PUBLICATIONS
    • MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES, AND HONORS AND AWARDS
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Otto Struve
    • EARLY YEARS
    • YERKES YEARS
    • POST-YERKES YEARS
    • CONCLUDING REMARKS
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Norbert Wiener
    • ORIGIN
    • EDUCATION
    • POSTDOCTORAL YEARS
    • CENTRAL DECADE I: 1919-29
    • CENTRAL DECADE II: 1930-40
    • PRIORITY TO APPLICATIONS (1940-64)
    • CYBERNETICS
    • BROWNIAN MOTION IN PERSPECTIVE
    • HARMONIC ANALYSIS IN PERSPECTIVE
    • PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE
    • ACADEMIC CAREER
    • EPILOGUE
    • CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
    • Selected Bibliography
    • DOCTORAL STUDENTS OF NORBERT WIENER
  • Perry William Wilson
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Clark Wissler
    • EARLY LIFE
    • PROFESSIONAL LIFE
      • Definition of Culture
      • Culture Area
      • Culture Pattern
      • Age and Area
      • Universal Pattern of Culture
      • Archeology and Physical Anthropology
    • SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS 20
      • Honorary Degrees
      • Offices in Professional Societies
      • Memberships (Honorary)
      • Memberships (Additional)
    • NOTES
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Wendell Phillips Woodring
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Frederik William Holder Zachariasen
    • THE MAN
    • THE SCIENCE
      • Mineralogical Crystals
      • Inorganic Crystals
      • Groups in Crystals
      • Borate Groups
      • Atomic and Ionic Radii
      • Glass
      • Liquid Structure
      • The 5f Elements
      • Diffraction Theory
      • Melting Points
      • Superconductivity
    • SUMMARY
    • Selected Bibliography
  • Cumulative Index

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