Biographical Memoirs

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Size: 412 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2005

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Front Matter	i-viii
Lawrence Hugh Aller	1-15	(skim)
Harry Beevers	16-35	(skim)
Frank Alden Bovey	36-59	(skim)
Norman Davidson	60-77	(skim)
Harry George Drickamer	78-95	(skim)
Harold Eugene Edgerton	96-117	(skim)
Howard E. Evans	118-135	(skim)
Willis H. Flygare	136-161	(skim)
Jesse Leonard Greenstein	162-187	(skim)
Donald R. Griffin	188-207	(skim)
Wassily Hoeffding	208-227	(skim)
D. Gale Johnson	228-239	(skim)
Robert Thomas Jones	240-259	(skim)
Norman Carl Rasmussen	260-275	(skim)
Glenn Wade Salisbury	276-297	(skim)
William Rees Sears	298-311	(skim)
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Hiroshi Tamiya	334-353	(skim)
Evon Zartman Vogt, Jr.	354-377	(skim)
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Biographical Memoirs is series of essays containing the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences. The series provides a record of the life and work of some of the most distinguished leaders in the sciences, as witnessed and interpreted by their colleagues and peers. They form a biographical history of science in America--an important part of our nation's contribution to the intellectual heritage of the world.

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