Henry Cavendish: His Life and Scientific Work (Berry, A. J.)

J. J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day

The American Cancer Society does not officially endorse the opinions expressed in this book, but its tacit approval is clear to the reader. Unfortunate errors in spelling proper names detract somewhat from the reader's appraisal of the author's over-all accuracy. Nonetheless, everyone, medical and nonmedical, should read this fascinating recital of man's frustrations in solving the cancer riddl...

A survey of his scientific work

When Jack van Lint was appointed as full professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology at the age of 26 he combined a PhD in number theory with a very open scientific mind. It took a sabbatical visit to Bell Laboratories in 1966 to make him understand that a new and fascinating field of applied mathematics was emerging: discrete mathematics. It fascinated and inspired him for the rest of ...

Semmelweis: his Life and Work

Wildberger became a renowned local figure and received an honorary medical doctorate from Jena and many foreign honours. In later life he moved his institute to Forchheim, where he had the assistance of his medically-qualified son before the latter emigrated to America. His writings on the proper training of orthopaedic surgeons, with their insistence on early specialist education in methods an...

Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Immortalised by his scientific legacy

Darcy’s Law is the fundamental equation describing the flow of fluid through porous media including groundwater. It forms the quantitative basis of many science and engineering disciplines including hydrology, hydrogeology, soil science, civil engineering, petroleum engineering and chemical engineering. The year 2006 marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Henry Darcy’s most famous t...

John Schellman and his scientific work.