Biographic Memoirs: Volume 73 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
- Charles Greeley Abbot May 31, 1872–December 17, 1973
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Carl David Anderson September 3, 1905–January 11, 1991
- William Osgood Aydelotte September 1, 1910–January 17, 1996
- EARLY LIFE AND TRAINING
- PROFESSIONAL POSTS AND HONORS
- PERSONALITY
- THE IOWA HISTORY DEPARTMENT
- RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
- OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- SIGNIFICANCE OF AYDELOTTE'S RESEARCH
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Frank Ambrose Beach April 13, 1911—June 15, 1988
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- EARLY RESEARCH
- BEHAVIOR
- BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
- HUMANS
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Walker Bleakney February 8, 1901–January 15, 1992
- AWARDS AND HONORS
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- James Frederick Bonner September 1, 1910—September 13, 1996
- FAMILY MATTERS
- STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL YEARS
- PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Growth Substances Including Studies of the Cell Wall
- Vitamins as Root-Growth Hormones
- Photoperiodism and the Physiology of Flowering
- Rubber
- The "New Plant Biochemistry"
- Chromosomes and How They Work
- James's Philosophy: Far-flung Pastures
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Rodney Lee Cool March 8, 1920–April 16, 1988
- Louis Barkhouse Flexner January 7, 1902—March 29, 1996
- REFERENCES
- Selected Bibliography
- Reynold Clayton Fuson June 1, 1895—August 4, 1979
- Charles Roy Henderson April 1, 1911–March 14, 1989
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- Farm Boy, Athlete, Scholar
- Sports And Music
- Nutrition, Extension, And Marriage
- Academic Heroes
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- The Mixed Linear Model Problem
- Ph.D. Thesis
- Combining Least Squares And Selection Index
- The Mixed Model Equations
- Inverting a Special Matrix
- The Selection Bias Problem
- Young Sire Testing Programs
- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- REFERENCES
- Selected Bibliography
- Johannes Holtfreter January 9, 1901–November 13, 1992
- EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
- BREAKTHROUGH YEARS
- UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Carl Iver Hovland June 12, 1912—April 16, 1961
- MY OWN RECOLLECTIONS OF HOVLAND
- FAMILY HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- Selected Bibliography
- Carson Dunning Jeffries March 22, 1922–October 18, 1995
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Electron Spin Resonance, 1952–57
- Optical Pumping and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization In Solids, 1956–57
- Electron-Hole Droplets in Semiconductors, 1972–83
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Solid State Systems, 1981–95
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Harmonic Generation in High TC Superconductors, 1987–95
- GRADUATE STUDENTS AND TEACHING
- SCIENTIST AS ARTIST
- HONORS
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Frederick George Keyes June 24, 1885–April 14, 1976
- Heinrich Klüver May 25, 1897–February 8, 1979
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- Visual Psychology And Psychoparmachology
- Animal Behavior and Occipital Lobe Lesions
- Temporal Lobe Lesions and the Klüver-Bucy Syndrome
- Porphyrins and the Kluver-Barrera Stain
- CONCLUSION
- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Professional Appointments
- ACADEMIES, HONORS, AND AWARDS
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Lewis Gibson Longsworth November 16, 1904—August 8, 1981
- THE EARLY YEARS
- FORTY-TWO YEARS AT THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE
- THEORY OF MOVING BOUNDARY ELECTROPHORESIS
- ELECTION TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- DIFFUSION OF ELECTROLYTES AND PROTEINS
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography
- Alfred Ezra Mirsky October 17, 1900–June 19, 1974
- Melvin Spencer Newman March 10, 1908–May 30, 1993
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
- REMINISCENCES
- Selected Bibliography
- Alfred Henry Sturtevant November 21, 1891—April 5, 1970
- William Gould Young July 30, 1902—July 5, 1980
- NOTES
- Selected Bibliography