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1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Imagining the Elephant is a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack, a physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the development of the computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanner, an honor he shared with Godfrey Hounsfield. A modest genius who was also a dedicated family man, the book is a celebration of Cormack's life and work. It begins with his ancestral roots in the far north of Scotland, and then chronicles his birth and early years in South Africa, his education at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cambridge University, and his subs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cormack, Allan Macleod, 1924-1998.
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Cormack, Allan Macleod, 1924-1998. |
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Cormack, Allan Macleod, 1924-1998. |
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Physicists -- South Africa -- Biography.
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Physicists. |
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South Africa. |
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Biographies.
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Tomography.
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Tomography. |
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Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1860949908 (electronic book) |
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9781860949906 (electronic book) |
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9781860949883 |
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1860949886 |
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1860949886 (Cloth) |
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