Mathematician:Lewis McAdory Branscomb

Mathematician
American physicist best known as former head of the National Bureau of Standards.

Prolific writer on science policy issues.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 17 August 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

Publications

 * 1950: Anomalous rotation of molecules with applications to the temperature of the upper atmosphere, and a note on maximizing the ratio of "signal to noise" in spectrophotometry of weak light sources


 * 1970: Preface to $9$th printing of (edited by  and )


 * 1993: Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Policy
 * 1994: Confessions of a Technophile