Norman L. Bowen
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| Born | Norman Levi Bowen June 21, 1887 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Fields | petrology |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institution for Science |
| Known for | Bowen's reaction series |
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Norman Levi Bowen FRS[2] was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization". Beginning geology students are familiar with Bowen's reaction series depicting how different minerals crystallize under varying pressures and temperatures."[3]
Career
Bowen conducted experimental research at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science of Washington from 1912 to 1937. He published The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks in 1928. This book set the stage for a geochemical and geophysical foundation for the study of rocks and minerals. This book became the petrology handbook.
Personal life
Bowen married Mary Lamont in 1911, and they had a daughter Catherine.
Awards and honours
Bowen was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1941 and elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1949.[2]
The Norman L. Bowen Award, awarded annually by the American Geophysical Union, is named in his honour.
The astronauts of Apollo 17 named a small lunar crater after him.
References
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- Norman L. Bowen, science.ca Profile. Available from: http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=271
- Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen: The Experimental Approach to Petrology. GSA Today 5 (1998): 10-11. Available: http://gsahist.org/gsat/gt98may10_11.pdf
- Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), MIT Class of 1912, First Predoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Laboratory. Earth Sciences History 1 (1992): 45-55. Available: http://vgp.agu.org/bowen_paper/bowen_paper.html
- Norman Levi Bowen Papers, 1907-1980 (Bulk 1907-1955), Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., Finding aid written by: Jennifer Snyder, March 2004, PDF available: http://www.hq.ciw.edu/legacy/findingaids/bowen.pdf[dead link]
- Strickler, Mike, Ask GeoMan..., What is Bowen's Reaction Series?, http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry32.html
- http://carnegieinstitution.org/legacy/findingaids/bowen.html Bowen bibliography site
- http://www.agu.org/inside/awardees.html#Bowen List of Bowen Award winners[dead link]
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- ↑ Norman Levi Bowen — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
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- ↑ Chamot, Josh. 100 Years of Science History., Geotimes, 3 (2002): 44-45. http://www.geotimes.org/mar02/onexhibit.html
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