Norman Levi Bowen | |
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.jpg) Norman Levi Bowen | |
| Born | Norman Levi Bowen June 21, 1887 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 11, 1956 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | BSc, Queen's University School of Mining, Kingston, Ontario[3] PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1912[3] |
| Known for | Bowen's reaction series |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Petrology |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institution for Science |
| Doctoral advisor | Reginald A. Daly[3] |
Norman Levi Bowen FRS[2] (June 21, 1887 – September 11, 1956) was a Canadian geologist. 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."[4]
- ^ Norman Levi Bowen — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
- ^ a b Tilley, C. E. (1957). "Norman Levi Bowen 1887–1956". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 6–26. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0002. JSTOR 769349. S2CID 73262622.
- ^ a b c "Norman L. Bowen: A founding father of experimental petrology (Geochemistry and Geochronology)". science.ca. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Chamot, Josh. 100 Years of Science History., Geotimes, 3 (2002): 44–45. http://www.geotimes.org/mar02/onexhibit.html