Background
Wooldridge, Dean Everett was born on May 30, 1913 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Auttie Noonan and Irene Amanda (Kerr) Wooldridge.
(This first edition deals with life, how did it evolve, an...)
This first edition deals with life, how did it evolve, and what is the scientific evidence. The author asks whether the laws and particles of physical science alone capable of providing an explanation for the phenomena of life? He answers in the affirmative, that life is an inevitable result of the operation of ordinary laws of physical science.
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scientist engineering executive
Wooldridge, Dean Everett was born on May 30, 1913 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Auttie Noonan and Irene Amanda (Kerr) Wooldridge.
Something of a prodigy, Wooldridge graduated from high school at age of 14. Like his future colleague Simon Ramo, Wooldridge went on to study at the California Institute of Technology under William Smythe, from which he received his PhD in physics (summa cum laude) in 1936, studying the separation of isotopes.
He received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. After leaving Caltech, Wooldridge moved first to Bell Laboratories, where he worked on the theory of magnetism. Together they formed an incredibly successful team for many years, with Wooldridge concentrating on investment and general business aspects while Ramo led research, development and engineering efforts.
By 1948, Hughes had created its Aerospace Group to work with the also newly created U.S. Air Force. Ramo and Wooldridge were particularly concerned when Howard Hughes avoided their attempts to discuss the problem. In September 1953 they jointly resigned, and within a week they formed the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation on September 16, 1953.
In 1958, Ramo-Wooldridge merged with Thompson Products to form TRW, which carried on the success of its predecessor. It handled system engineering and technical direction for numerous Air Force projects. Wooldridge served as president of TRW until he retired in 1962.
He returned to Caltech as a research associate and published several books about the physical processes underlying biology and intelligence, winning the AAAS-Westinghouse award for science writing in 1963. He died of pneumonia on September 20, 2006 in Santa Barbara, California.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Science, American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Engineering, California Institute Associates, American Institute Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Helene Detweiler, September 1936. Children– Dean Edgar, Anna Lou, James Allan.