Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997.

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Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997.

Response to a survey of approximately 250 leading geophysicists worldwide, conducted by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Center for History of Physics and the Committee on History of Geophysics of the American Geophysical Union in 1997. Recipients were asked to send copies of their curriculum vitae and a list of publications as Part One of the survey and were then asked to discuss their entry into science in general and geophysics specifically as a career; how their scientific achievements came about and major efforts they were involved in which did not achieve the hoped for results; changes from one discipline to another; funding sources; the role of other disciplines in their own research; their work as educators; and their involvement in geophysics-related institutions. Johnston submitted a variety of materials in response to the survey, including: answers to Part One; answers to Part Two in narrative form, detailing his choice of chemistry as a career; a two-page biography-bibliography; a selected bibliography with comments, arranged topically; two-page narrative description of the Harold Johnston Scholarship for Undergraduate Students at Emory University which contains a family history; publication bibliography; article reprint "Atmospheric Ozone".

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American Institute of Physics

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1986. From the description of The story of the American Institute of Physics, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305950 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffus...

American geophysical union

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Johnston, Harold, 1920-

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Chemist. University of California, Berkeley, 1957-. From the description of Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84945721 ...