Geology at MIT 1865-1965: A History of the First Hundred Years of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vol. 1
Subtitle: The Faculty and Supporting Staff
Publisher: The MIT Press; Brand: The MIT Press
Published: September 15, 1977
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1056
ISBN-13: 9780262191616
Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology & the lithosphere; Impact of science & technology on society; Medical genetics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences - General; Genetics; Social Aspects
First sentence: Founder, organizer, and the first president of M.I.T.; first professor of physics and geology; internationally known geologist renowned for his work in the Virginias; scientist, scholar, lecturer, and innovative educational philosopher; William Barton Rogers was preeminent as an applied scientist for half his lifetime, and since his death almost a century ago he has become a legend and the subject of many biographies, memorials, commentaries and such.