Robert C. Olby Collection 1951-1963

Delbrück, Max

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Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from S. E. Luria and his wife, Zella Luria. From the description of Letters, 1970-1977, n.d., to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871852 Salvador E. Luria was a bacteriologist whose work with Max Delbruck on bacteriophage demonstrated that bacteria resistant to certain phages arose through gene mutations. His later work showed that phages also mutate genetically. He received the Nobel Prize...

Rich, Alexander.

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Herriott, Roger M. (Roger Moss), 1908-1992

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Watson, James D., 1928-

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Watson taught molecular biology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of James Dewey Watson, 1945-1968 (inclusive), 1945-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973209 ...

Olby, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)

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Robert Cecil Olby is an historian of science. From the description of Papers, 1951-1963. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589236 A graduate of the University College London and Oxford, Robert C. Olby (b. 1933) earned a reputation as an innovative historian of genetics with the publication of first book The Origins of Mendelism in 1966. When a former undergraduate friend of his, John Preble, suggested that he study the history of m...

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

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Francis Harry Compton Crick was born on June 8, 1916 in Weston Favell, a district of Northampton, in central England. At age 18, Crick attended University College London (UCL). In 1937, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree, second honors, in Physics with a minor in mathematics. With family financial aid, Crick began graduate study at UCL until the outbreak of World War II interrupted his studies. Crick's war work involved research on magnetic and acoustic mines for the British Admiralty. ...

Watson, James D., 1928-

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Watson taught molecular biology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of James Dewey Watson, 1945-1968 (inclusive), 1945-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973209 ...

Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...

Hershey, A. D. (Alfred Day), 1908-

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Alfred Day Hershey (b. 1908) was the first MSU alumnus to win the Nobel Prize. He received a B.S. degree in microbiology in 1930 and a Ph. D. in chemistry in 1934. He shares the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in bacteriology. From the description of Alfred Day Hershey Papers, 1934-1970 1969-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122388124 ...

Gamow, George, 1904-1968

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George Gamow: physicist, astronomer, and author. Born Georgii Antonovič Gamov. Barbara Merrihew Perkins: editor and translator. From the description of George Gamow and Barbara Gamow papers, 1915-1975 (bulk 1950-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981157 Russian-born American physicist, early advocate of the "Big Bang" theory of the origin of the universe. Professor of Physics at George Washington University, 1934-1956. While a student at the Institute of Theoretical Ph...

Meselson, Matthew

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Brenner, Sydney

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Matthaei, Heinrich

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Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958

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Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English chemist whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She earn a PhD from Cambridge in 1945. After joining King's College London in 1951 as a research associate, she discovered the key properties of DNA, which eventually facilitated the correct description of the double helix structure of DNA. Owing to disagreement with her director, John Randall, and her colleague ...

Herriott, Roger M. (Roger Moss), 1908-1992

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Nirenberg, Marshall W.

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Marshall Warren Nirenberg was born in New York City on April 10, 1927, to Harry and Minerva (Bykowsky) Nirenberg. In 1941, young Marshall developed rheumatic fever, so the Nirenberg family moved to Orlando, Florida to take advantage of the subtropical climate. Surrounded by "a natural paradise," during his teens Nirenberg developed a scientific and aesthetic appreciation for the natural world and became an adept observer of plant life, insects, and birds. He captured these observati...