Serendipity in science
Subtitle: twenty years at Langmuir University : an autobiography
By: by Vincent J. Schaefer, ScD ; compiled and edited by Don Rittner
Contributors: Rittner, Don
Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.
Publisher: Square Circle Press; Square Circle Press LLC
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Voorheesville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780985692636
Subjects: Biography; Employees; Scientists; Conservationists; General Electric Company
Notes: Includes index.

His formal education cut short, Vincent Schaefer continued to learn as laboratory assistant to Dr. Irving Langmuir, a position in which he helped develop color TV, sonar, cloud seeding, etc., becoming a respected researcher in his own right. His passion as a naturalist and a hiker led him to be instrumental in conservation efforts in New York State.