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Biographical Memoirs.
Title:
Biographical Memoirs.
Author:
Staff, National Academy of Sciences.
ISBN:
9780309599016
Physical Description:
1 online resource (418 pages)
Contents:
Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abraham Adrian Albert -- PH.D. STUDENTS OF A. A. ALBERT -- Bibliography -- Leonard Carmichael -- Bibliography -- Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland -- Bibliography -- Lester Reynold Dragstedt -- DRAGSTEDT'S VIEWS OF SURGICAL TRAINING AND HOW HE BECAME A SURGEON -- DRAGSTEDT'S GASTRIC SECRETORY STUDIES -- GASTRIC FISTULA STUDIES -- VAGOTOMY STUDIES -- THE ANTRAL EXCLUSION OPERATION -- DRAGSTEDT REJECTED AUTOINTOXICATION AS THE LETHAL FACTOR IN OBSTRUCTION -- CANINE LIVER AUTOLYSIS -- DRAGSTEDT AND THE PARATHYROIDS -- PANCREATIC STUDIES -- DRAGSTEDT SUCCEEDS PHEMISTER AS SURGICAL CHAIRMAN -- DRAGSTEDT'S 1954 APPRAISAL OF HIS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS -- RETIREMENT FROM CHAIRMANSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO -- PERSONAL HEALTH CHALLENGES -- DRAGSTEDT JOINS HIS PROTEGE WOODWARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Degrees -- Honorary Degrees -- University Appointments -- Northwestern University -- Memberships in American Organizations and Societies -- Honorary Memberships in Foreign Organizations and Societies -- American Honors and Awards -- FOREIGN HONORS AND AWARDS -- Selected Bibliography -- Albert Einstein -- Bibliography -- William Maurice Ewing -- CHILDHOOD, 1906-1922 -- A STUDENT AT THE RICE INSTITUTE, 1922-1929 -- THE 1930'S SEISMOLOGY AT SEA -- THE WAR, 1940-1946 -- THE LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY AND VEMA -- SEISMOLOGY AT SEA -- TOPOGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTS OF THE OCEAN FLOOR -- SEA-FLOOR SPREADING AND PLATE TECTONICS -- CAUSES OF ICE AGES -- LUNAR SEISMOLOGY -- OTHER INVESTIGATIONS -- THE MOVE TO GALVESTON -- PERSONALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT -- REFERENCES -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Awards and Memberships -- Honorary Degrees -- Bibliography -- Alfred Irving Hallowell -- EDUCATION -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS -- POSITIONS, SERVICES, AND HONORS.

PERSONAL STYLE -- Bibliography -- Herbert Spencer Harned -- Bibliography -- Walter Abraham Jacobs -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Awards -- Professional and Honorary Societies -- Bibliography -- Robert Kho-Seng Lim -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Degrees -- Professional Record -- Professional and Honorary Societies -- Military Record -- Decorations -- Bibliography -- Alfred Lee Loomis -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Honorary Degrees -- Awards and Medals -- Boards of Trustees -- Scientific Societies -- Administrative Posts -- Bibliography -- Howard Percy Robertson -- BEGINNINGS -- CAREER POSITIONS -- MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND THE UNIVERSE -- WORLD WAR II AND SCIENCE -- Bibliography -- Ernest Harry Vestine -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Education -- Professional Positions -- Professional Societies -- Honors -- Bibliography -- William Barry Wood, Jr. -- HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- Professional and Honorary Societies -- Bibliography.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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