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 Handbook of Mathematical Functions (edited by Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun)

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