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Warren Weaver (July 17, 1894 – November 24, 1978) [1] was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator. [2] He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States.
In its earliest manifestations, molecular biology—the name was coined by Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1938 [1] —was an idea of physical and chemical explanations of life, rather than a coherent discipline.
Linus Pauling was a prominent physical chemist at the California Institute of Technology (a main focal point of Warren Weaver's efforts to promote what he called "molecular biology" through Rockefeller Foundation grants). In the mid-1930s, Pauling turned his attention to the physical and chemical nature of hemoglobin.
Warren Weaver posited in 1948 two forms of complexity: disorganized complexity, and organized complexity. [6] Phenomena of 'disorganized complexity' are treated using probability theory and statistical mechanics , while 'organized complexity' deals with phenomena that escape such approaches and confront "dealing simultaneously with a sizable ...
Warren Weaver—head of the science division of the Rockefeller Foundation—issued grants to promote research that applied the methods of physics and chemistry to basic biological problems, coining the term molecular biology for this approach in 1938; many of the significant biological breakthroughs of the 1930s and 1940s were funded by the ...
Kansas biology teacher among the victims. 17:15, Kelly Rissman. Lindsey Fields, a Kansas biology professor, lost her life in the fatal collision, according to the National Association of Biology ...
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, but surprisingly, he doesn’t plan for his vast fortune to stay within the family.
In Lifetime’s Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story, Luke Macfarlane portrays a philandering husband ready to risk it all for his side piece. In the above sneak peek at the upcoming film, premiering ...