Abraham Robinson 1918 - 1974

Electromagnetic Stress and Momentum in Matter

Whether the momentum density associated with an electromagnetic wave in a refracting medium is solely determined by its intensity or is dependent on the refractive index is perhaps of little practical importance, and probably beyond the power of present experimental techniques to decide. Nevertheless, since this question was first propounded by Abraham and Minkowski. it has continued to attract...

Numbers and Models , Standard and Nonstandard

The following is a somewhat extended manuscript for a talk at the " Algebra Days " , May 2008, in Antalya. I talked about my personal recollections of Abraham Robinson.

Probabilistic models for automatic indexing

A pilgrim's progress in cancer research, 1918 to 1974: autobiographical essay.

Immediately after graduation in biology (Ph.D., Cornell University, 1918) I joined the scientific staff of the Rocke feller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University), New York, as assistant to Dr. James B. Murphy. The armistice of World War I was declared toward the end of that year, and the normal research activity of the Institute was then resumed. At that time. Dr. Murphy w...

Lymphocyte stimulation by phytohemagglutinin and tumor cells of malignant effusions.