Herman Mark

Polymers and polymerization—Congresses. 2. Mark, Herman Francis, 1895-. 3. Chemists—... 

Mark, Herman F. From Small Organic Molecules to Large. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 1993. 

Staudinger, Hermann (1970) From Organic Chemistry to Macromolecules A Scientific Autobiography Based on my Original Papers, translated from the German with a foreword by Mark, Herman F., New York, John Wiiey Sons... 

V. Kudela, Hydrogels, in F. Mark Herman, eds.. Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, Vol 7 New York, Wiley, 703-807,1987. 

Deuflhard P, Hermans J, Leimkuhler B, Mark A E, Reich S and Skeel R D (ed) 1998 Computational Molecular Dynamics Challenges, Methods, Ideas vol 4 Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering (Berlin Springer)... 

We assume that the unbinding reaction takes place on a time scale long ( ompared to the relaxation times of all other degrees of freedom of the system, so that the friction coefficient can be considered independent of time. This condition is difficult to satisfy on the time scales achievable in MD simulations. It is, however, the most favorable case for the reconstruction of energy landscapes without the assumption of thermodynamic reversibility, which is central in the majority of established methods for calculating free energies from simulations (McCammon and Harvey, 1987 Elber, 1996) (for applications and discussion of free energy calculation methods see also the chapters by Helms and McCammon, Hermans et al., and Mark et al. in this volume). 

Peter Deuflhard Jan Hermans Benedict Leimkuhler Alan E. Mark Sebastian Reich Robert D. Skeel... 

Metallurgists, also, were slow to feel at ease with the new techniques, and did not begin to exploit X-ray diffraction in any significant way until 1923. Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), in an account of his early days in research (Polanyi 1962) describes how he and Herman Mark determined the crystal structure of white tin from a single crystal in 1923 just after they had done this, they received a visit from a Dutch colleague who had independently determined the same structure. The visitor vehemently maintained that Polanyi s structure was wrong in Polanyi s words, only after hours of discussion did it become apparent that his structure was actually the same as ours, but looked different because he represented it with axes turned by 45° relative to ours . 

Herman F. Mark. Polymers, Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, pp. 764-774. Chicago Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1979. 

Herman Mark and G. Whitby, eds. Collected Papers of Wallace Hume Carothers on High Polymeric Substances. New York Interscience, 1940. This contains Roger Adams obituary of Carothers. The source for Carothers conducting few experiments discovering superpolymer in molecular still physical behavior of a molecular. . . and Carothers description of cold drawing and making fibers. 

Izrailev, S. Stepaniants, S. Isralewitz, B. Kosztin, D. Lu, H. Molnar, F. Wriggers, W. Schulten, K. Steered molecular dynamics, in Computational Molecular Dynamics Challenges, Methods, Ideas, Deuflhard, P. Hermans, 1. Leimkuhler, B. Mark, A. E. Skeel, R. Reich, S., Eds., vol. 4, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering. Springer Verlag Berlin, 1998, pp. 39-65. 

Professor Mark s story is told in three chapters by the Editor and four reminiscences by Rudolf Brill (whose association with Mark dates back to 1922), Hans Mark (his son), Linus Pauling, and Maurice Morton. The history of polymer science is given in separate chapters by the Editor, Robert Simha (who has worked with Professor Mark in two countries), and Carl Speed Marvel. One chapter by Charles Carraher gives an up to the minute report on the status of polymer education. The remainder of the book is a collection of reviews and previews of specific, timely topics in polymer science. Despite the diversity of topics, each area covered has contributions from Herman Mark. 

It has been said that Herman Mark s story is the story of polymer science. Considering the importance of polymers in today s and tomorrow s world, Mark s life and contributions are important to us all. This volume is respectfully submitted with this importance in mind as a tribute to Herman F. Mark. 

Born in Vienna, Austria, on May 3, 1895, Professor Herman Mark is as vital today as his almost innumerable contributions to polymer science. He continues to maintain an active schedule as a world traveler and lecturer at numerous national and international symposia and seminars. His home base, however, remains at Polytechnic Institute of New York, where he is Dean Emeritus and an emeritus member of the Board of Trustees. 

Dr. Herman Mark is a teacher of others and possesses great warmth, sensitivity, and wit. He remains a scientist without comparison in his discipline, to which the greatness of his work testifies. He is a man for all seasons. 

Herman Francis Mark was born in Vienna on May 3, 1895. The oldest of three children and son of a family physician, he was raised in that city s Fourth District, then a semi-commercial area inhabited by lower middle class families. Mark s father was a German Jew who embraced Lutheranism on marriage. 

Figure 3. Lt. Herman Mark and comrades in the South Tirol, 1917.

In reviewing Herman Mark s early years and rise to prominence as a physical scientist the author wishes to make special note of the use of an earlier profile of Prof. Mark by Morton M. Hunt (18), a special issue of Chemie Kunststoffe Aktuell (19), and two taped interview sessions with Prof. Mark (20, 21, 22). A special thanks is given to Ms. Jeanne Strauss, Phillips Petroleum Co., for her patience in clarifying a great deal of German for the author. 

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