Thomas McMahon (1) (1943–1999)

Autore di Dimensioni e vita

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Sull'Autore

Thomas McMahon was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1943. He has an S.B. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. McMahon has taught at Harvard University since 1970 and has been the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and a professor of biology since 1977. mostra altro McMahon has contributed numerous articles to Science, Scientific American, and other science journals and his written several books, among them "Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry: A Novel." (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Opere di Thomas McMahon

Popolari Recenti

Dimensioni e vita (1983) 157 copie

McKay's Bees (1979) 93 copie

Loving Little Egypt (1987) 73 copie

Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry (1970) 44 copie

Ira Foxglove (2004) 9 copie

Authors and Artists for Young Adults (1996) 6 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale: McMahon, Thomas Arthur
Data di nascita: 1943-04-21
Data di morte: 1999-02-14
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Luogo di residenza: Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Ithaca, New York, USA
Istruzione: Cornell University (B.S. ∙ 1965)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M. ∙ 1967)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. ∙ 1970)
Attività lavorative: professor (Applied Mechanics and Biology)
Organizzazioni: Harvard University

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Recensioni

Loving Little Egypt: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction) di Thomas McMahon

An intriguing mix of fact and fiction, with a liberal dose of scientific history. Set in the early 1920s, at a time when the telephone network was the information superhighway of the era, the story investigates the activities of the world's first hackers.

It's the sort of book that makes you want to find out more - to work out where the boundary between the fiction and the facts lies.

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AJBraithwaite | Feb 13, 2011 |

McKay's Bees di Thomas A. McMahon

McKay's Bees by Thomas McMahon is a novel of love, adventure and science which begins with a journey from Massachusetts to Kansas. The year is 1855, and the motivating force is Mckay's dream of building a city whose economic base is bee-culture.
"Real people (Presidents Pierce & Lincoln, Stephen Foster, Louis Agassiz, John Brown and others) appear. As many turns of the plot are dictated by the then-current events as by the human foibles of the fictional characters. The ending is simultaneously surprising and satisfying.… (altro)