Abstract
FOR forty-five years scientific workers of the United States have been starred for pre-eminence by their colleagues in the reference work "American Men of Science", first by a few outstanding leaders in twelve scientific subjects, and then by those who had already been starred. This volume gives an analysis of the life-histories of those who have been starred in terms of their scholastic and academic background, and such other factors as their birthplace, month of birth, reasons for taking up a scientific career and parentage.
Scientists Starred 1903–1943 in "American Men of Science"
A Study of Collegiate and Doctoral Training, Birthplace, Distribution, Backgrounds and Developmental Influences. By Prof. Stephen Sargent Visher. Pp. xxiii + 556. (Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press; London : Oxford University Press, 1947.) 25s. net.
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Scientists Starred 1903–1943 in "American Men of Science". Nature 162, 595 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162595a0
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