Book ID: CBB000072434

The Pauling symposium: A discourse on the art of biography: Proceedings of the conference on the life and work of Linus Pauling (1901-1994): A discourse on the art of biography, February 28--March 2, 1995, Corvallis, Oregon (1996)

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Publication Date: 1996
Edition Details: Editor: Krishnamurthy, Ramesh S.; associate editors: Mead, Clifford S., Nye, Mary Jo.
Physical Details: xvii + 242 pp.; illus.; notes

Description Contents: Crick, Francis: The impact of Linus Pauling on molecular biology. Hager, Thomas: The bootlegger's son: Or the stochastic method in biography. Paradowski, Robert J.: The biographical quest: Some personal reflections of a Pauling biographer on the art and science of scientific biography. Goertzel, Ted: Analyzing Pauling's personality: A three generational, three decade project. Kay, Lily E.: The biographer's picture of Linus Pauling. Davenport, Derek: Boswellizing Pauling. Meselson, Matthew: Linus Pauling as an educator. Hedberg, Kenneth: The human side of Linus Pauling. Lipscomb, William N.: Reflections. Shoemaker, David: My memories and impressions of Linus Pauling. Catchpool, Frank: Personal reminiscences about Linus Pauling. Schweber, Silvan S.: Writing the biography of a living scientist: Hans Bethe. Holmes, Frederic L.: Historians and contemporary scientific biography. Goodstein, Judith: Tales in and out of “Millikan's school”. Heilbron, John L.: Remarks on the writing of biography. Rider, Robin E.: Manuscript collections in the biographical enterprise.


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Chapter Schweber, S.S. (1996) Writing the biography of a living scientist: Hans Bethe. In: The Pauling symposium: A discourse on the art of biography: Proceedings of the conference on the life and work of Linus Pauling (1901-1994): A discourse on the art of biography, February 28--March 2, 1995, Corvallis, Oregon (p. 159). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nye, Mary Jo
John L. Ingraham
Weininger, Stephen J.
Strasser, Bruno J.
Simões, Ana I.
Servos, John W.
Journals
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Testi e Contesti: Quaderni di Scienze, Storia e Societa
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Physics in Perspective
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Hyle
Publishers
St. Martin's Press
Princeton University Press
Oxford University Press
Oregon State University Press
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Chemistry
Physical chemistry
Physics
Philosophy of science
Mathematics
Biographies
People
Pauling, Linus Carl
Wheland, George Willard
Lewis, Gilbert Newton
Hückel, Walter
Bartlett, Neil
Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
Great Britain
Institutions
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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