Anthony Smith (1939–2016) and His Scientific Testament: Obituary

Richard Smith Junior and His Times

c r.as to the means by which she obtained them and was answered very to?% . . . . ' Where we get them all?from the old ward ' I will leave it you to interpret the meaning of the phrase " intended for the common of the ward " and will continue to report that Richard Smith collected thg11^.0^ these documents and with great industry and diligence arranged Wh^Vn chronological order as the 15 Volume...

Homer Smith: his contribution to physiology.

F or three decades, from the mid1930s until his death in 1962, Homer Smith was the preeminent figure among those interested in the physiology of the kidney. His leadership reflected not only the seminal research contributions of Smith and his colleagues and the conceptual framework that he developed, but also the extraordinary lucidity that he brought to the exposition of work in renal physiolo...

Grafton Elliot Smith. The man and his work

his alma mater, held a celebratory symposium in 1972. The four addresses and fifteen papers given are published here under four headings: opening addresses; evolution of man; early man; diffusion of culture. Smith was remarkably versatile and the scientific contributions presented highlight his main interests, which were anatomy, human evolution, ethnology and physical anthropology. He was a wo...

Ettore Majorana: His Scientific and Human Personality

This article reports part of the invited talk delivered by the author at the “International Conference on Majorana Legacy" held at the Department of Physics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, on 5 and 6 Octorber, 2006: Conference organized for celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana; probably the brightest Italian theoretician of ...

John Schellman and his scientific work.