Research Catalog

Title

History of aerosol science : proceedings of the Symposium on the History of Aerosol Science, held in Vienna, Austria, August 31 to September 2, 1999, sponsored by Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Othmar Preining and E. James Davis (eds.) ; the organizing committee and editorial advisors: Othmar Preining, chairman ; Peter Brimblecombe ... [et al.].

Publication

Wien, Austria : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Preining, Othmar.
• Davis, E. James
• Brimblecombe, Peter.
• Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Description

438 p. : ill., music; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Aerosols > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Section 1. Aerosols in human hisroty -- Aerosols and air pollution in art / Peter Brimblecombe -- Atmospheric aerosol science before 1900 / Rudolf B. Husar -- Faraday's 1857 Bakerian Lecture on "Relations of God and other metals to light" / James W. Gentry -- History of atmospheric aerosol science between 1900 and 1950 / Josef Podzimek -- A historical sketch of light scattering by small particle / Henk C. van De Hulst -- A brief history of aerosol dynamics / Sheldon K. Friedlander -- Characterizing atmospheric aerosols in California / George M. Hidy -- History of photophoresis / Hans Rohatschek -- History of aerosol science and health research / Roger O. McClellan -- Aerosol science and military research / Michel Benarie -- In memoriam / Kvetoslav R. Spurny.
• Section 2. Biographies -- Dust in mines and metalurgical works--Georgius Agricola / Josef Podzimek -- William Gibert and the history of electrospraying / Jan C.M. Marijnissen -- The influence of Maxwell and Boltzmann on the theoretical foundations of aerosol science / E. James Davis -- Founders of aerosol science in the United Kingdom / Ian Colbeck -- Early awareness of bioaerosols by Louis Pasteur / Michel Benarie -- Charles Norman Davies: a legend in his time / Nazli Eglimez-Reynolds and Pramukh N. Jayasekera -- Jean Bricard, pioneer of the French aerosol research, his life and work / André Renoux -- The aerosol engineering of t. A. Rich / Austin W. Hogan -- Kenneth Thomas Whitby: a pioneer of aerosol characterization / Gilmore J. Sem and Evan R. Whitby -- Bernard Vonnegut / Rein André Roos -- Isaiah Galily--Israel's founding father of aerosol research / Michael Shapiro -- Academician Alexei Sheludko and the history of aerosol science in Bulgaria / Ezra S. Cohen.
• Section 3. National societies and research activities -- History of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung (GAeF) / Josef Gebhart -- History of the Dutch-Belgian Aerosol Society / Patrick Berghmans -- History of ASFERA, Association Française d'Mtudes et Recherches sur les Aérosols / Denis Boulaud -- The early history of the Subcommittee on Nucleation of the International Commission on Cloud Physics (IUGG) / Josef Podzimek -- History of the American Association for Aerosol Research / David S. Ensor -- Development of the Aerosol Society in the United Kingdom / Ian Colbeck -- Aerosol science in Finland and the Finnish Association for Aerosol Research / Taisto M. Raunemaa -- Brief history of aerosol research in Japan / Kanji Takahashi -- History of aerosol research in India / Umesh C. Mishra -- Development of the Aerosol Association in Taiwan / Chiu-sen Wang -- History of aerosol science in Korea / Kang-ho Ahn -- Contributions from Ireland to the measurement of the size of aerosols / Thomas C. O'Connor -- Study of Siberian aerosol research / Konstantin P. Koutzenogii -- A hisoty of the Journal of Aerosol Science / Gerhard Kasper -- Aerosols in and around the Karpov Institute / Alex A. Lushnikov -- European Aerosol Assembly (EAA) / Heinz Fissan and Jan C.M. Marijnissen.

ISBN

3700129157 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 45797766
• SCSB-12745959

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library