|
|
libcats.org
Imagining the elephant: a biography of Allan MacLeod CormackChristopher L. VaughanImagining 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 subsequent academic appointments at UCT and Tufts University in Boston, USA. It details his discovery of the problem at Cape Town in 1956, traces his scientific footsteps all the way to Stockholm in December 1979, and then extends the odyssey to his pursuits beyond the Nobel Prize.
Contents:
Популярные книги за неделю:
Проектирование и строительство. Дом, квартира, садАвтор: Петер Нойферт, Автор: Людвиг Нефф
Размер книги: 20.83 Mb
Система упражнений по развитию способностей человека (Практическое пособие)Автор: Петров Аркадий НаумовичКатегория: Путь к себе
Размер книги: 818 Kb
Сотворение мира (3-х томник)Автор: Петров Аркадий НаумовичКатегория: Путь к себе
Размер книги: 817 Kb
Радиолюбительские схемы на ИС типа 555Автор: Трейстер Р.Категория: Электротехника и связь
Размер книги: 13.64 Mb
Только что пользователи скачали эти книги:
Personality, Identity, and Character: Explorations in Moral PsychologyАвтор: Darcia Narvaez PhD, Автор: Daniel K. Lapsley PhD
Размер книги: 2.63 Mb
Supervision in the Helping ProfessionsАвтор: Peter Hawkins, Автор: Robin Shohet
Размер книги: 1.97 Mb
Biophotonics: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st CenturyАвтор: Xun Shen (Editor), Автор: Roeland Van Wijk (Editor)Категория: Техника
Размер книги: 13.02 Mb
Soldat 1: The German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-43Автор: Gordon Rottman, Автор: Stephen Andrew
Размер книги: 39.75 Mb
Mental Health and Social Problems: A Social Work PerspectiveАвтор: Nina Rovinelli Heller, Автор: Alex Gitterman (Editors)
Размер книги: 3.06 Mb
|
|
|