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Title Science in progress.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press.

Call No.Q171 .S582
LocationMoore Stacks
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Description 16 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Vol. 6: Silliman lectures
Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures.
Note Biennial
[1st-]-16th ser.; 1937/38-1967.
Contents Volume One: -- I. Atoms, New and Old / E. O. Lawrence -- II. The Separation of Isotopes and Their Use in Chemistry and Biology / Harold C. Urey -- III. Recent Advances in the Study of Viruses / W. M. Stanley -- IV. New Views in Virus Disease Research / L.O.Kunkel -- V. Vitamins and Hormones / Karl E. Mason -- VI. The General Role of Thiamin in Living Things / R.R.Williams -- VII. Recent Developments in Our Knowledge of Chromosome Structure and Their Application to Genetics / T.S.Painter -- IX. Electrical Potentials of the Human Brain / E. Newton Harvey -- X. Animal Metabolism: From Mouse to Elephant / Francis G. Benedict -- Volume Two: I. The Experimental Alteration of Heredity / L.J.Stadler -- II. The regulation of Plant Growth / F.W.Went -- III. Experimental Studies on the Functions of the Frontal Lobes in Monkeys, Chimpanzees, and Man / J.F.Fulton -- IV. Mysterious Craters of the Carolina Coast. A Study in Methods of Research / Douglas Johnson -- V. How the Earth Shows Its Age / Alfred C. Lane -- VI. The Expanding Universe / H.P.Robertson -- VII. Cosmic Rays and New Elementary Particles of Matter / Carl D. Anderson -- VIII. The Motions of Ions and Proteins in Electric Fields / Duncan A. MacInnes -- IX. The Ultracentrifuge / J.W.Beams -- X. Recent Advances in Aeronautics / J.C.Hunsaker -- Volume Three: -- I. Galaxies / Harlow Shapley -- II. The Problem of the Expanding Universe / Edwin Hubble -- III. Energy Production in Stars / Hans A. Bethe -- IV. Image Formation by Electrons / V.K.Zworykin -- V. Recent Work in the Field of High Pressures / P.W.Bridgman -- VI. Recent Developmens in Power Generation / Lionel S.Marks -- VII. Some Fundamental Aspects of Photosynthesis / James Franck -- VIII. The Structure of Liquids / John G.Kirkwood -- IX. The Mode of Action of Sulfanilamide / Perrin H. Long -- X. Some Scientific Aspects of the Synthetic Rubber Problem / Hermann Mark -- Volume Four: -- I. Psychological Aspects of Military Aviation / Walter R. Miles -- II. The Physical Structure and Biological Action of Nerve Cells / Detlev W. Bronk -- III. Energy and Vision / Selig Hecht -- IV. Chemical Transmission of Nerve Impulses / Otto Loewi -- V. The Mathematical Nature of Physical Theories / George D. Birkhoff -- VI. The Magnetic Approach to the Absolute Zero of Temperature / Peter Debye -- VII. The Drift Toward equilibrium / Henry Eyring -- VIII. Streams of Atoms / Isidore I. rabi -- IX. Adventures in Vacuum Chemistry / K.C.D. Hickman -- X. Present Status of the Vitamin B Complex / C.A.Elvehjem -- XI. Blood and Blood Derivatives / Edwin J. Cohn -- Volume Five: -- Introduction : The Future of Scientific Research in the Postwar World / Frank B. Jewett -- I. The Interior of the Earth / James B. Macelwane -- II. Development of Betatron and Applications of High-Energy Radiations / Donald W. Kerst -- III. Contact Catalysis Between two World Wars / Hugh S. Taylor -- IV. Fundamentals of Oxidation and respiration / L. Michaelis -- V. Complement: Immunity Intensifier, Diagnostic Drudge, Chemical Curiosity / Michael Heidelberger -- VI. Genes and the Chemistry of the Organism / G. W. Beadle -- VII. Concerning the Cancer Problem / Peyton Rous -- VIII. Plant Diseases are Shifty Enemies / E.C.Stakmaan -- IX. Living Cells in Action / Carl Caskey Speidel -- X. Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of the Anterior Pituitary Hormones / Herbert M. Evans -- Volume Ten: -- 1. Science and Progress? / Vannevar Bush -- 2. Science and Natural Resources / Paul B. Sears -- 3. Social Attitude toward Invention / Eugene Ayres -- 4. Piltdown Man / Kenneth P. Oakley and J.S.Weiner -- 5. The Life History of the Cell / Daniel Mazia -- 6. The Role of environment in Plant Growth / F.W.Went -- 7. Control of Growth and Reproduction by Light and Darkness / Sterling B. Hendricks -- 8. Molecular Mechanisms in Inflammation and Stress / Henry Eyring and Thomas F. Dougherty -- 9. Surgery's New Frontier -The Heart / Robert P.Glover and Thomas J.E.O'Neill -- 10. Use and Abuse of Earth Waves / L.DonLeet -- 11. Chemistry as a Supplement to Agriculture in Meeting World Food Needs / Robert R. Williams -- Volume Twelve: -- 1. The Origin of Continents, Mountain Ranges, and Ocean Basins / George C. Kennedy -- 2. White Dwarfs and Stellar Evolution / Willem J.Luyten -- 3. Temperatures Within the Earth / John Verhoogen -- 4. Reflections on the Cultivation of Science / Paul Delahay -- 5. The Problem of the Sciences and the Humanities. A Diagnosis and a Prescription / Harold G. Cassidy -- 6. Biosynthesis of the Nicotiana Alkaloids / R. F. Dawson -- 7. Chromosome Reproduction and the Problem of Coding and Transmitting the Genetic Heritage / J.Herbert Taylor -- 8. Sex Reversal in Animals and in Man / Emil Witschi -- 9. Australian Trees and High Blood Pressure / Robert C. Elderfield -- 10. Morphogenesis in Plant - A New Approach / Ralph H. Wetmore -- 11. The Development of Learning in the Rhesus Monkey / Harry F. Harlow -- 12. Fresh Water from Saline Waters, An Engineering Research Problem / Barnett F. Dodge -- Volume Thirteen: -- 1. Science in the Sixties / Alan T. Waterman -- 2. Microclimate, Bioclimatology, and Notes on Comparative Dynamic Climatology / Erwin R. Biel -- 3. Nuclear Interactions in Molecules / Norman F. Ramsey -- 4. Sun Storms and the Earth: The Aurora Ploaris and the Space around the Earth / Sydney Chapman -- 5. Man and Natural Selection / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- 6. Biophysical Approaches to Taste / Lloyd M. Beidler -- 7. Stellar Evolution and the Origin of the chemical Elements / Jesse L. Greenstein -- 8. Plasma Physics / Sanborn C. Brown -- 9. Science and Government / Harrison Brown -- 10. The Growth of Science and a National Science Program / Wallage R. Brode -- Volume Fourteen: -- 1. Experimental Investigations on Nutrition and Human Behaviro: A Postscript / Josef Brozek -- 2. Magnetogasdynamics: Its Science and Technology / Ali Bulent Cambel -- 3. Man: The Lethal Fator / Loren Eiseley -- 4. "To Tell to Hear Some New Thing" / Josel H. Hildebrand -- 5. The Uniqueness of Plants / A. G. Norman -- 6. Structural Reorganization through Ligand Interchange / John R. Van Wazer -- 7. Carbon: An Old but New Material / P.L. Walker, Jr. -- 8. Cooperation: A Responsibility of the Scientists / Edward R. Weidlein -- 9. Space Propulsion Engines: Their Characteristics and Problems / M.J. Zucrow -- Volume Fifteen: -- 1. The Muse and the Axiom / Harold G. Cassidy -- 2. Aerial Photography - A Valuable Sensor for the Scientist / Robert N. Colwell -- 3. The Photoperiodic Control of Reproductive Cycles in Birds / Donald S. Farner -- 4. The Energy Environment in Which We Live / David M.Gates -- 5. Salt Transport Across Cell Membranes / Sterling B. Hendricks -- 6. The Prehistoric Great Lakes of North America / Jack L. Hough -- 7. The Retinex / Edwin H. Land -- 8.Taste - Its Sensory and Motivating Properties / Carl Pfaffmann -- 9. On the Role of Eddies in Fluid Motion / Hunter Rouse -- 10. Tell-Tale Dust / Paul B. Sears -- 11. Information Processing in Computer and Man / Herbert Simon and Allen Newell -- 12. Investigation of Crystalline Imperfections and Properties of Materials / SIgmund Weissmann
Summary Some vols. contain national lectureships of the Society of Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society of America.
Subject Science.
Science.
Research.
Research.
Local Subject Research -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Science -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Key Title Science in progress (New Haven)
Subseries Of: Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
ISSN 0097-0611