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Inside The Caltech Community
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Author : Laura Marcus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-15
Inside The Caltech Community written by Laura Marcus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-15 with categories.
Laura Marcus, wife of Caltech professor of theoretical chemistry and Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus, published a series of 24 articles between 1987 and 1999, which appeared in three Caltech publications: Caltech Women's Club Bulletin, Caltech News, and On Campus. The subjects are mainly wives of faculty members and Caltech presidents, as well as an article on Professor Olga Taussky-Todd, the first female professor in Caltech history. Each article was based on oral history interviews she conducted, which Laura recorded and then transcribed, and she also drew on background research. The articles are brought together in this book for the first time.
Millikan S School A History Of The California Institute Of Technology
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Author : Judith Goodstein
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2020-10-19
Millikan S School A History Of The California Institute Of Technology written by Judith Goodstein and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-19 with Science categories.
In November 1891, wealthy former abolitionist and Chicago politician Amos Throop founded a thoroughly undistinguished small college in Pasadena, California, which he named after himself. Millikan’s School is the history of this institution that stands today at the pinnacle of world academics, with 300 full-time faculty, nearly 1,000 undergraduate, 1,250 graduate students and 39 Caltech and alumni Nobel Prize recipients. Although Amos Throop — the name of the college was changed to Caltech in 1920 — could not have realized the importance of geography, the fact that Pasadena lay at the foot of Mount Wilson, was central to its success: astronomer George Ellery Hale built his telescope there in 1902, the finest at that time in the world. Later Hale joined the board of trustees of the struggling school and persuaded Arthur Amos Noyes, former president of MIT and the nation’s leading physical chemist, to join him in Pasadena. The third member of Caltech’s founding troika was renowned physicist Robert A. Millikan from the University of Chicago. The dedication of Caltech in 1920 and the proclamation of what it stood for in science and education set the stage for Millikan, who functioned as the school’s president, to bring the best and the brightest from all over the world — Theodore von Kármán in aeronautics, Thomas Hunt Morgan in biology, Paul Sophus Epstein in physics, Beno Gutenberg in seismology, Linus Pauling in chemistry — to Pasadena to work in an ever larger number of areas in science and technology. The book also covers the funding, planning and construction of the 200-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain, Willy Fowler’s work in nuclear astrophysics and the wartime rocket experiments that grew into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), today the world leader in deep-space exploration. “Millikan’s School presents an interesting and thoroughly reliable account of the astonishing change over a period of a few years of a small technical school in Pasadena, California, into one of the world’s leading scientific institutions. “ — Linus Pauling “In Millikan’s School, Judith Goodstein tells the remarkable story of the rise of Caltech... She details how Millikan, aided by Hale and Arthur Amos Noyes, America’s leading physical chemist and another of Hale’s inspired acquisitions, took a former trade school and forged from it a ‘grandiose university among the orange groves’... It would be impossible, while reading Goodstein’s lively account, not to be impressed by the energy, drive and boundless enthusiasm of men like Millikan, Hale and Noyes... [who] had the bare-faced audacity to set about building an institute to rival the cream of the universities of Europe and America.” — Marcus Chown, New Scientist “[Goodstein’s] story is first and foremost the tale of three men: the astronomer George Ellery Hale, the chemist Alfred Noyes, and the physicist Robert Millikan. It is the story of their attempts to transform an undistinguished little school founded in 1891... into a world-class scientific establishment... [A] useful book.” — Tony Rothman, Science “In Millikan’s School, the story of Throop [University]’s transformation into Caltech is told with precision... Judith Goodstein’s history offers a quick tour of the landmarks of science in the mid-20th Century and a glance at how pure science puts itself at the service of government, commerce and the military... Goodstein... approaches her subject with a healthy sense of humor and an acute sense of academic politics. She tells a wonderful story about how Caltech lost to Princeton in a bidding war over the services of Albert Einstein, for example... To her credit, Goodstein asks the hard question: ‘What is the best way to do science?’... Millikan’s School offers enough hard data to enable us to come to our own conclusions.” — Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times “A cleanly written, scientifically well informed account of one of the world’s foremost institutions for science and technology.” — Ed Regis, Nature “Relying on archival material, published secondary sources, and interviews with institute scientists, Goodstein presents a highly readable account of Caltech’s beginnings at the turn of the century... substantive, informative, and a good read.” — Rebecca S. Lowen, Technology and Culture “As a history of science, this book is well crafted. Orderly in its flow, it is not only a tribute to Millikan, but also places him within the development of physics as a field.” — Andrew Rolle, Southern California Quarterly “A fascinating history that speaks to issues far larger than Cal Tech itself... This well-written and honest account (witness the many cited instances of anti-Semitism in the scientific world) is both a good read and a sobering reminder that big science and top schools are not brought by storks.” — Carroll Pursell, History of Education Quarterly “The author focuses on the personalities and the research fields of the principal scientific figures... The [...] emphasis on personalities, and capsule surveys of relevant scientific fields produce a book that can be apprehended by a wide audience.” — Roger Geiger, Isis “This chronicle offers glimpses of the passion and drive that have motivated a roster of distinguished scientists.” — Publishers Weekly “A lively tale... [Goodstein’s] individual profiles are lean and candid; her background on subjects as diverse as nuclear astrophysics, seismology, aeronautical design, quantum mechanics and rocket fuel are crisp and understandable... With a light style... and meticulous documentation, Goodstein has produced a tale worthy of her subject... “ — Marshall Robinson, Foundation News “A distinguished and uniquely American institution has found its chronicler and its chronicle in Judith Goodstein’s thorough but compact story of Millikan ‘s School. The emergence of Caltech as a powerhouse of science and engineering and a makeweight in the technological advancement of 20th century industry is both beautifully and reliably presented.” — Harry Woolf, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
Caltech
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Author : Mayra Sheik
language : en
Publisher: College Prowler, Inc
Release Date : 2005
Caltech written by Mayra Sheik and has been published by College Prowler, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Inyo National Forest N F California Institute Of Technology Caltech Combined Array For Research In Millimeter Wave Astronomy Carma Project
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Inyo National Forest N F California Institute Of Technology Caltech Combined Array For Research In Millimeter Wave Astronomy Carma Project written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Inside The Caltech Community
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Author : Laura Marcus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Inside The Caltech Community written by Laura Marcus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Laura Marcus, wife of Caltech professor of theoretical chemistry and Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus, published a series of 24 articles between 1987 and 1999, which appeared in three Caltech publications: Caltech Women's Club Bulletin, Caltech News, and On Campus. The subjects are mainly wives of faculty members and Caltech presidents, as well as an article on Professor Olga Taussky-Todd, the first female professor in Caltech history. Each article was based on oral history interviews she conducted, and she also drew on her own background research. This collection of articles shows how the men and women of Caltech created an extraordinary research community of science and engineering, whose members shared common interests and delightful social bonds. With a foreword by Harry Gray and David Tirrell, the articles are brought together in this book for the first time.
The Molecular Vision Of Life
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Author : Lily E. Kay
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1992-12-03
The Molecular Vision Of Life written by Lily E. Kay and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-12-03 with Science categories.
This fascinating study examines the rise of American molecular biology to disciplinary dominance, focusing on the period between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA structure in the mid 1950s. Research undertaken during this period, with its focus on genetic structure and function, endowed scientists with then unprecedented power over life. By viewing the new biology as both a scientific and cultural enterprise, Lily E. Kay shows that the growth of molecular biology was a result of systematic efforts by key scientists and their sponsors to direct the development of biological research toward a shared vision of science and society. She analyzes the motivations and mechanisms empowering this vision by focusing on two key institutions: Caltech and its sponsor, the Rockefeller Foundation. Her study explores a number of vital, sometimes controversial topics, among them the role of private power centers in shaping scientific agenda, and the political dimensions of "pure" research. It also advances a sobering argument: the cognitive and social groundwork for genetic engineering and human genome projects was laid by the American architects of molecular biology during these early decades of the project. This book will be of interest to molecular biologists, historians, sociologists, and the general reader alike.
The Insider S Guide To The Colleges 2011
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Author : Yale Daily News Staff
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2010-06-22
The Insider S Guide To The Colleges 2011 written by Yale Daily News Staff and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-22 with Study Aids categories.
For more than thirty-five years, The Insider's Guide to the Colleges has been the favorite resource of high school students across the country because it is the only comprehensive college reference researched and written by students for students. In interviews with hundreds of peers on campuses from New York to Hawaii and Florida to Alaska, our writers have sought out the inside scoop at every school on everything from the nightlife and professors to the newest dorms and wildest student organizations. In addition to the in-depth profiles of college life, this 37th edition has been revised and updated to include: * Essential statistics for every school, from acceptance rates to the most popular majors * A "College Finder" to help students zero in on the perfect school * Insider's packing list detailing what every college student really needs to bring * FYI sections with student opinions and outrageous off-the-cuff advice. The Insider's Guide to the Colleges cuts through the piles of brochures to get to the things that matter most to students, and by staying on top of trends and attitudes it delivers the straight talk students and parents need to choose the school that's the best fit.
Third Caltech Conference On Very Large Scale Integration
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Author : R. Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Third Caltech Conference On Very Large Scale Integration written by R. Bryant and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The papers in this book were presented at the Third Caltech Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, held March 21-23, 1983 in Pasadena, California. The conference was organized by the Computer Science Depart ment, California Institute of Technology, and was partly supported by the Caltech Silicon Structures Project. This conference focused on the role of systematic methodologies, theoretical models, and algorithms in all phases of the design, verification, and testing of very large scale integrated circuits. The need for such disciplines has arisen as a result of the rapid progress of integrated circuit technology over the past 10 years. This progress has been driven largely by the fabrica tion technology, providing the capability to manufacture very complex elec tronic systems reliably and at low cost. At this point the capability to manufac ture very large scale integrated circuits has exceeded our capability to develop new product designs quickly, reliably, and at a reasonable cost. As a result new designs are undertaken only if the production volume will be large enough to amortize high design costs, products first appear on the market well past their announced delivery date, and reference manuals must be amended to document design flaws. Recent research in universities and in private industry has created an emerg ing science of very large scale integration.
Legends Of Caltech Iii
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Author : Caltech Alumni Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Legends Of Caltech Iii written by Caltech Alumni Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with categories.
Legends Of Caltech
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Legends Of Caltech written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with College wit and humor categories.