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Greenler, Robert George was born on October 24, 1929 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of Dallas George and Ruth Edna (Mallett) Greenler.
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist
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This book describes the author's experience in the process of moving from child to scientist. It is a personal account that will be read with interet by a young person contemplating a career in science, by a scientist who has gone through such a process, and by a nonscientist who has an interest in how the enterprise of science works.
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Rainbows, Halos and Glories by Robert Greenler (1980) Hardcover
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist by Greenler, Robert (2000) Hardcover
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist by Robert Greenler (2000) Paperback
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist
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Book by Greenler, Robert
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist Paperback June 1, 2000
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Rainbows, Halos and Glories
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Over two hundred illustrations, many in full color, capture for both the layman and scientist the beautiful otical effects that we see in the sky. The author describes and explains these effects in non-technical language. In addition to discussing such well-known phenomena as rainbows and halos, he treats the rarer ones, including sun pillars, sun dogs, glories, mirages, and many others. Computer simulations are used to make the physical origins of these events intelligible. The book sensitizes readers to a wide range of optical penomena in the sky, explains how to look for them, and imparts an incerased awareness and aesthetic apprecaiation of these fascinating effects. This book is a reprinted edition of the hard cover book originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1980.
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Robert George Greenler
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Robert George Greenler, American physics professor, researcher. Achievements include research in surface science, infrared spectroscopy of absorbed molecules, meteorological optics, irridescent colors in biological systems. Grantee, National Science Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society; Senior Fulbright scholar, Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, West Berlin, 1983.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University Rochester, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1957.
Career
Research scientist Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, 1957-1962. Associate professor physics University Wisconsin, 1962-1967, professor, 1967-1991, adjunct professor, 1991-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998. Senior visiting fellow University East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1971-1972.
Traveling lecturer Optical Society of America, 1973-1974. Lecturer Cooperative Education Program, Malaysia, 1990-1991. Organizer public outreach program Science Bag.
Producer 25 educational videos. Did field research on optical atmospheric effects at United States Antarctic Research Station, South Pole, 1976-1977, 97-98, 98-99.
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Rainbows, Halos and Glories
(Over two hundred illustrations, many in full color, captu...)
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist
(This book describes the author's experience in the proces...)
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Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist
(Book by Greenler, Robert)
- Rainbows, Halos and Glories by Robert Greenler (1980) Hardcover
- Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist by Greenler, Robert (2000) Hardcover
- Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist by Robert Greenler (2000) Paperback
- Chasing the Rainbow: Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist Paperback June 1, 2000
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Rainbows, Halos and Glories
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society of America (vice president 1985, president-elect 1986, president 1987, 1st Esther Hoffman Beller award 1993). Member American Association Physics Teachers (Milikan Lecturer award 1988).
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Married Barbara Stacy, May 30, 1954. Children: Leland S., Karen R., Robin A.
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Grantee, National Science Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society. Senior Fulbright scholar, Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, West Berlin, 1983.Grantee, National Science Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society. Senior Fulbright scholar, Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, West Berlin, 1983.