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Murray established the award to honor his friend, Alexander Agassiz, who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1901 to 1907. The Alexander Agassiz Medal is awarded for an original contribution in the science of oceanography. The medal is presented every five years and carries with it a prize of $20,000.
Alexander Agassiz. Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), was an American scientist and engineer. After some involvement in mining operations, Agassiz became well known for his work in marine zoology, and oceanography. He was influential in the development of modern systematic zoology, and made important studies of ...
Explores the century-long controversy over the orgins of coral reefs, a debate that split the world of nineteenth-century science, looking at the diverse roles of Louis Agassiz, his son Alexander, and Charles Darwin and reflecting on how the search for the truth shed new light on the formation of Earth and its natural wonders. 15,000 first printing.
Alexander Agassiz. 1835 –1910. Quelle: Wikimedia Commons. US-amerikanischer Zoologe, Ozeanograph und Paläontologe; Sohn von Cécile und Louis Agassiz. Nachweise in gedruckten Editionen . Briefe Humboldt-USA. Humboldt, Alexander von (2004): Alexander vo ...
No entanto, as duas grandes referências científicas de Agassiz foram Alexander von Humboldt e Georges Cuvier. De Humboldt, Agassiz herdou a preocupação com a distribuição geográfica dos animais e o amor pelas viagens; de Cuvier, os métodos de trabalho da anatomia comparada e as crenças na fixidez das espécies e na teoria dos grandes cataclismos que revolucionaram o planeta.
Alexandre Agassiz (Alexandre o Alexander Agassiz; Neuchâtel, 1835 - en el mar, 1910) Zoólogo norteamericano de origen suizo. Era hijo del naturalista suizo Louis Agassiz, cuyos importantes estudios sobre fósiles dieron lugar a obras como Investigaciones sobre los peces fósiles; Monografía de equinodermos vivos y fósiles; De los peces fósiles del viejo gres rojo del Devonshire, entre otras.
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz ( Neuchâtel, 17 dicembre 1835 – Oceano Atlantico, 27 marzo 1910) è stato un ingegnere e biologo svizzero naturalizzato statunitense, figlio del naturalista Louis Agassiz e figliastro dell' educatrice Elizabeth Cabot Cary . Succedette al padre nella direzione del museo di anatomia comparata all' Università di ...
