Robert M. Hazen
Robert Miller Hazen (born November 1, 1948 in Rockville Center , New York (state) ) is an American mineralogist, crystal chemist and astrobiologist.
Hazen graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in 1972 and received a PhD in mineralogy from Harvard University in 1975 . He was a post-doctoral student at the University of Cambridge . From 1976 he was at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC In addition, he was Clarence Robinson Professor at George Mason University from 1989 .
He developed X-ray diffraction techniques for single crystals at high temperatures and pressures, deals with organic synthesis at high pressures and the origin of life from the interaction of organic molecules with minerals on their surfaces.
He wrote several popular science books, for example about the discovery of high-temperature superconductors at the end of the 1980s and the research boom it triggered at the time, and about the manufacturers of artificial diamonds. He also published historical books with his wife Margaret Hindle Hazen.
He received the Mineralogical Society of America Award in 1982, the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP in 1989, the Elizabeth Wood Award for Science Writing and in 1986 the Ipatieff Prize from the American Chemical Society . He was President of the Mineralogical Society of America and its Distinguished Lecturer. In 2016 he received the Roebling Medal .
The mineral hazenite is named in his honor .
He plays the trumpet at a professional level and has played with the National Philharmonic and the National Gallery Orchestra.
Fonts
- The Story of Earth, Viking 2012
- with James Trefil : Physics matters: an introduction to conceptual physics, Wiley 2004
- with James Trefil: Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, Anchor 2009
- with James Trefil: The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, Wiley, 7th edition 2012
- with Margaret Hindle Hazen: The Music Men: An Illustrated History of Brass Bands in America, 1800–1920, Smithsonian 1987
- with Margaret Hindle Hazen: Wealth Inexhaustible: A History of American Mineral Industries to 1850, Van Nostrand Reinhold 1985
- with Margaret Hindle Hazen: Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775–1925, Princeton University Press 1992, 2014
- with Maxine Singer: Why aren´t black holes black, Anchor Books 1997
- Genesis: the scientific quest for life's origins, Washington: Henry Press 2005
- Published in: High-temperature and high-pressure crystal chemistry, Mineralogical Society of America 2000
- The new alchemists: breaking through the barriers of high pressure, New York: Times Books 1993
- The Diamond Makers, Cambridge University Press 1999
- Kelvin 90: The race for the superconductor, Umschau Verlag 1989 (English original: The breakthrough- the race for the superconductor, Summit Books 1988)
- with Larry W. Finger: Comparative crystal chemistry: temperature, pressure, composition and the variation of crystal structure, Wiley 1982
- Publisher: North American geology: early writings, Stroudsburg / Pennsylvania 1979
- Published in: Carbon in Earth, Mineralogical Society of America 2013
- The poetry of geology, Unwin Hyman 1982
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hazen, Robert M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hazen, Robert Miller |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rockville Center |