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Ralph Morris Buchsbaum (January 2, 1907 – February 11, 2002) was an American zoologist, invertebrate biologist, and ecologist. His book ''Animals Without Backbones'', first published in 1938, was the first textbook in biology to be reviewed by ''Time'' and featured in ''Life''.〔.〕〔 It has gone through several revisions 〔.〕〔.〕〔Book reviews in ''Quarterly Review of Biology'', 1949, by B. Glass, 1977, by G. Hechtel, and 1989, by E.H. Kaplan.〕 and is still in print,〔The longevity of this book was noted by the American Psychological Association in 1994. "29 Nov 1938 Ralph Buchsbaum's book ''Animals Without Backbones'' was first published. This enduring guide to invertebrate behavior has gone through several editions over a lifetime of more than 50 years." (ISBN 978-0-226-07874-8).〕 and has been widely used as a textbook.〔〔An (advertisement for the 1948 revision of the book ) in ''Science'' states that it was then in use as a text at over 200 colleges and universities. The ad also quotes a review by Carroll Lane Fenton for the American Association for the Advancement of Science calling it "the only book on invertebrates whose illustrations do justice to the subject".〕 It is still being used as of 2013.〔 ((Z250 Readings ))〕 Due to his 1938 book, Buchsbaum became known as a popularizer of science. In 1952 he founded the Boxwood Press, which published his own and others' science books. He also made a series of 29 educational films on biology for the Encyclopædia Britannica, and visited Thailand, Ecuador, Ghana, and India, where he helped develop educational curricula in biology.〔〔〔"UNESCO Aide in Accra", ''Washington Post'', August 19, 1967. An article about Buchsbaum's arrival in Ghana as director of a UNESCO project there.〕 ==Personal Life and Career== Buchsbaum was born in 1907, in Chickasha, Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma. He earned his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1932 and continued there as a faculty member until 1950, when he moved to the University of Pittsburgh. Buchsbaum married Mildred Shaffer (University of Chicago SB 1932, SM 1933). She was a research assistant who worked on antileukemia drugs.〔 The Buchsbaums had two children, a daughter Vicki and a son Monte. John Pearse was their son-in-law.〔 In 1952, he founded the Boxwood Press to publish his laboratory guide and later expanded into publishing other books, mostly about science. Mildred Shaffer Buchsbaum was an editor for the company. She died January 16, 1996; she was 83.〔〔 Although he is remembered for his books, his research was mainly in tissue culture. Ralph and Mildred Buchsbaum were the first to create chimeras between the green alga ''Chlorella'' and chick fibroblast cells (Science 80: 408-409, 1934). He worked closely with Harold Urey to find a way to use the ratio of oxygen isotopes to determine temperatures in previous eras (Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 64: 1315-1326, 1953).〔 (See Oxygen isotope ratio cycle.) He retired from the university in 1972 but continued to write and run the Boxwood Press. He died February 11, 2002 in Pacific Grove, California, of heart failure. His son, Monte Buchsbaum, will run the Boxwood Press.〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Buchsbaum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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