Jonas Henrik Kellgren 1911-2002

Panas Henrik

Thermodynamic Properties of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) Michael W. Finnis1,, T. Davey1*, A.I. Duff 1,2, T.A. Mellan 1 1Imperial College London, Thomas Young Centre, Dept. of Materials and Dept. of Physics, London, UK 2Hartree Centre, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Scientific Computing Department, Warrington, UK *Present address: Department of Finemechanics, Fracture and Reliability Rese...

Maclyn McCarty (1911–2005)

The editorial board lost a real soul mate when Maclyn McCarty passed away on January 2nd at age 93. While attending the theater with friends, one of the many activities that he enjoyed, he collapsed. “Dr. Mac” was revered worldwide for his remarkable experiments that led to the identification of DNA as the genetic material. This totally unanticipated discovery, and the revolutionary 1944 paper ...

Hereditary chronic pancreatitis Jonas

Hereditary chronic pancreatitis (HCP) is a very rare form of early onset chronic pancreatitis. With the exception of the young age at diagnosis and a slower progression, the clinical course, morphological features and laboratory findings of HCP do not differ from those of patients with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. As well, diagnostic criteria and treatment of HCP resemble that of chronic pan...

Simon Flexner, 1911

Francis Galton (1822-1911)

Sir Francis Galton [5] was a British science writer and amateur researcher of the late nineteenth century. He contributed greatly to the fields of statistics, experimental psychology and biometry. In the history of biology, Galton is widely regarded as the originator of the early twentieth century eugenics movement [6]. Galton published influential writings on nature versus nurturein human pers...