Imagining the elephant : a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack /

Imagining the elephant : a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack /

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Author / Creator:	Vaughan, Christopher L.
Imprint:	London : Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, NJ : distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008.
Description:	xviii, 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cormack, Allan Macleod, -- 1924-1998. Cormack, Allan Macleod, -- 1924-1998. Cormack, Allan Macleod, -- 1924-1998. Physics -- biography. Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed -- history. Physicists -- South Africa -- Biography. Nobel Prize winners -- South Africa -- Biography. Nobel Prize winners. Physicists. South Africa. Biography.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7409181

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Varying Form of Title:	Allen MacLeod Cormack
ISBN:	9781860949883 1860949886
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 259- 288) and index.
Summary:	Imagining the Elephant is a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack, a physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the development of the computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanner, an honour he shared with Godfrey Hounsfield. This book celebrates the life and work of a modest genius who was also a dedicated family man. It starts with his ancestral roots in the north of Scotland, and then chronicles his birth and early years in South Africa, his education at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cambridge University, and his subsequent academic appointments at UCT and Tufts University in Boston, USA. It details his discovery of the problem at Cape Town in 1956, traces his scientific footsteps all the way to Stockholm in December 1979, and then extends the odyssey to his pursuits beyond the Nobel Prize.

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Summary:	Imagining the Elephant is a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack, a physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the development of the computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanner, an honor he shared with Godfrey Hounsfield. A modest genius who was also a dedicated family man, the book is a celebration of Cormack's life and work. It begins with his ancestral roots in the far north of Scotland, and then chronicles his birth and early years in South Africa, his education at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cambridge University, and his subsequent academic appointments at UCT and Tufts University in Boston, USA. It details his discovery of the problem at Cape Town in 1956, traces his scientific footsteps all the way to Stockholm in December 1979, and then extends the odyssey to his pursuits beyond the Nobel Prize.
Physical Description:	xviii, 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 259- 288) and index.
ISBN:	9781860949883 1860949886