Oceanographer and Scientist. He received his doctorate in physics in 1911 from Stanford University, where he served as Instructor of Applied Mathematics from 1910 to 1911. While working as a physicist for the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (later the Scripps Institution of Biological Research of the University of California), his work was focused on the determination of ocean currents using temperature and long-term weather forecasting. During World War II, his work on the dispersion of silt in the ocean attracted the interest of Manhattan Project scientists. This work calculated the dispersion of radioactive material during "Operation Crossroads," which were the first weapons effects tests ever conducted to examine the effects of nuclear explosions on naval vessels, planes, and animals. Over the years he taught courses in mathematics, oceanography, and meteorology as well as giving lectures at the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles. He retired in 1952 at age 69.
Oceanographer and Scientist. He received his doctorate in physics in 1911 from Stanford University, where he served as Instructor of Applied Mathematics from 1910 to 1911. While working as a physicist for the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (later the Scripps Institution of Biological Research of the University of California), his work was focused on the determination of ocean currents using temperature and long-term weather forecasting. During World War II, his work on the dispersion of silt in the ocean attracted the interest of Manhattan Project scientists. This work calculated the dispersion of radioactive material during "Operation Crossroads," which were the first weapons effects tests ever conducted to examine the effects of nuclear explosions on naval vessels, planes, and animals. Over the years he taught courses in mathematics, oceanography, and meteorology as well as giving lectures at the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles. He retired in 1952 at age 69.
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