Serendipity in science : twenty years at Langmuir university : an autobiography

Date:

2013.

Author:

Schaefer, Vincent J.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

Q 143 S268 A3 2013 LOCAL

Publisher:

Square Circle Press

ISBN:

0985692634

Historical Note:

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.

Physical Description:

xxii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index. LOCAL

Subjects:

Scientists New York (State) Schenectady Biography, Conservationists New York (State) Schenectady Biography, Conservationists, Employees, and Scientists

Genres/Forms:

Biographies

Names:

Schaefer, Vincent J and Schaefer, Vincent J

Corporate Names:

General Electric Company Employees Biography and General Electric Company

Geographic Terms:

New York (State) Schenectady