%0 Book %A National Academy of Sciences %T Biographical Memoirs: Volume 53 %@ 978-0-309-03287-2 %D 1982 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/576/biographical-memoirs-volume-53 %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/576/biographical-memoirs-volume-53 %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Biography and Autobiography %P 400 %R doi:10.17226/576 %X Biographic Memoirs: Volume 53 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.