vifgm00026 Guide to the Harold J. Morowitz papers, 1944-2010 Harold J. Morowitz C0049 Eron Ackerman George Mason University Libraries 2006 By George Mason University Libraries. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Eron Ackerman, February 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Harold J. Morowitz papers A Collection in Special Collections and Archives C0049

George Mason University Libraries 2011 Special Collections and Archives Staff Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Descriptive Summary George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives. Harold J. Morowitz Harold J. Morowitz papers 1944-2010 C0049 5 linear feet (15 boxes) English The collection includes a draft copy of Energy Flow in Biological Systems, including chapter and appendix notes, calculations for mathematical operations, and correspondence between the author and his editor; a draft copy of Beginnings of Cellular Life, including the index and notes; a draft copy of The Facts of Life with the author's copy and the original artwork for the illustrations; and working papers, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to his academic career including original poetry written by Morowitz. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Harold J. Morowitz papers, Collection #C0049, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Harold Morowitz in 1997-1998. Additional donation by Harold Morowitz in 2011.

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Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.

Biographical Information

Harold J. Morowitz is a biophysicist and Robinson Professor in Biology and Natural Philosophy at George Mason University. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on December 4, 1927, Morowitz earned his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1951. From 1951-1953 he was a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards. Morowitz was on the staff of the National Heart Institute from 1953-1955 before joining the faculty of Yale University in 1955. At Yale, Morowitz was associate professor of biophysics (1960-1968), professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry (1968-1988), and master of Pierson College (1981-1986). He joined the faculty of George Mason University in 1988 as a Robinson Professor. Since 1993, Morowitz has directed the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Morowitz has authored and coauthored several books: Life and the Physical Sciences (with Waterman), 1964; Theoretical and Mathematical Biology, 1965; Energy Flow in Biology, 1968; Entropy for Biologists (with Lucille Morowitz), 1970; Life on the Planet Earth,1974; Ego Niches,1977; Foundations of Bioenergetics, 1978; The Wine of Life, 1979; Mayonnaise and the Origins of Life, 1985; Cosmic Joy and Local Pain, 1987; The Thermodynamics of Pizza, 1991; Beginnings of Cellular Life (with James Trefil), 1992; The Facts of Life, 1992; and Entropy and the Magic Flute, 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection includes a draft copy of Energy Flow in Biological Systems, including chapter and appendix notes, calculations for mathematical operations, and correspondence between the author and his editor; a draft copy of Beginnings of Cellular Life, including the index and notes; a draft copy of The Facts of Life with the "author's copy" and the original artwork for the illustrations; and working papers, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to his academic career including original poetry written by Morowitz.

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Index Terms Persons: Morowitz, Harold J. Corporate Names: George Mason University--Faculty. Subjects: Biochemistry. Biophysics. College teachers--Virginia--Fairfax. Molecular biology. Contents List Harold J. Morowitz papers Photos 1 1 Petition to Adlai Stevenson from Yale scientists and related correspondence, 1956-57. 2 1 Some calculations 3 1 Chapters V and VI 4 1 Chapter III 5 1 Calculations- Chapter IV 6 1 Draft: Energy Flow in Biological Systems 7 1 A Thermodynamic Characterization of Self Reproduction (article) 8 1 Lipids 9 1 Appendix II 10 1 Dr. Morowitz- Notes- Correspondence 1 2 Dr. Morowitz- Notes 2 2 Chapters III and IV 3-4 2 Notes for Chapters IV and V 5-6 2 Draft- Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis 1 3 Drafts (Index etc.)- Beginnings of Cellular Life 2 3 Index for page proof of proof 3 3 Draft: The Facts of Life 4 3 The Facts of Life: Author's Copy 5 3 Photosynthesis 1 4 Salt melting 2 4 Prince William Institute 3 4 NCRR 4 4 Publication 5 4 Frogs 6-7 4 Peace Agency 1 5 Morowitz to Paine 6-4-69 2 5 Quastler, Henry 3 5 Theoretical Biology Committee 4 A 5 Theoretical Biology Colloquium- Traverse City, MI, 1968 4 B 5 Biology Training for Apollo Astronauts 5 5 Medvedev 6 5 Bronowski 7 5 A Germ of Truth- Manuscript 8 5 Logue, Frank 9 5 Naugle, John- NASA 10 5 Watson- Sinshiemer 11 5 Kendrew, John 12 5 Gell Mann, Murray 13 5 Sagan, Carl 14 5 Palade, George 15 5 Thomas, Lewis 16 5 Mitchell, Peter 17 5 Nobel Prize 18 5 Lipmann, Fritz 19 5 Woese, C. R. 20 5 Grasso, Ella 21 5 Re, G. B.- Vatican 22 5 Altman, Sidney 23 5 Snyder, Gary 24 5 Invitation- Prime Minister India to Professor H. J. Morowitz(Morowitz) 12-15-81 1 6 Poem- "Mr. Swinburned Discovers TV," by Peg Bracken 2 6 Le Ronde- Poems by Harold J. Morowitz 3 6 Correspondence (poetry)- Harold J. Morowitz and Michael McClure 4 6 Murray Gell- Man Birthday 5 6 Correspondence- Sagan, Carl to Morowitz, Harold J. regarding Venus and Mars 6 6 News clippings- Arkansas Creation Trial 7-9 6 Civil Liberties- ACLU, Louisiana 10 6 ACLU 11-12 6 Gary Snyder 13 6 The Ecology of Ego Niches- Manuscript 14 6 Post card- Beat Poets 15 6 Arrow, Kenneth J. 16 6 Planetary Biology Subcommittee (NASA) 1 7 Entry Talk- Poem: Biosphere II 9-26-93 2 7 Michael McClure- "Minnie Mouse and the Tap Dancing Buddha" 3 7 Broadside- "Gloaming" by Michael McClure 4 7 Complexity- Editorial Board 5-6 7 Complexity, v.3, No.1, September/October 1997 7 7 National Advisory Research Resources Council 8 7 Buckley, William F., Jr. 2-4-82 9 7 Encyclopedia of Scientific Concepts 10 A-B 7 Committee on Science and Human Values 11-12 7 Creation-Science Research Center 13 7 Facts of Life 14-15 7 Hospital Practice Mail 1-3 8 Draft- The Kindly Dr. Guillotin 4 8 Biomatrix 5 8 Diffusion During Solvent Transport by Poiseuille Flow 6 8 Nutrient Transit Time Diversity: A Novel Measure of Ecological Organization and Stability 7 8 Competitive Exclusion: Application of a Biological Principle to Societies in Conflict 8 8 Some Theoretical Consideration on the Use of Indicator Time- Concentration Curves in Hemodynamic Studies 9 8 Gerald Edelman 10 8 Godel Numbers 11 8 Lord Snow 12 8 Journal of Irreproducible Results 13 8 Some Notes on the Problem of Uncertainty in Biological Measurements 14 8 Taming Combinatorial Explosion 15 8 Hospital Practice 16 8 The Mind The Brain and Complex Adaptive Systems 17 8 Publications 18 8 The Origin of Intermediary Metabolism 19 8 Self Replicating Machines 20 8 Emergences: Twenty-Eight Steps from Matter to Spirit by Harold J. Morowitz- Chapters 1 through 35 1-35 9 Biomatrix 36 9 Another Talk- Anti-Chaos, Teleology, and Teilhard 37 9 New Program at NSF 1 10 [Research and Correspondence for Emergence] 2 10 Emergences- Edited Papers 3 10 Emergences- Preface 4 10 Emergences- Contents 5 10 Emergences- Chapters 1 through 16 6-21 10 Emergences- Chapters 17 through 36 1-20 11 Mycoplasma 21-22 11 Franklin Harold [Mitchell Bio] 1 12 Paul Boyer [Mitchell Bio] 2 12 Lars Ernster [Mitchell Bio] 3 12 [Williams] 4 12 [Biochemistry] 5 12 [E. C. Slater] 6 12 Kent Gabrial 7 12 Protons- Onsager 8 12 [Research Proposal] 9 12 [Publication List of Jennifer Moyle] 10 12 [Protons, Electrons, and Energy] 11 12 Sabbatical 80- Miscellaneous 12 12 [Oxidative Phosphoylations- Notes] 13 12 [Letter on Entropy Book] 14 12 [Correspondence: The Kindly Dr. Guillotin] 15 12 Hawaii Education [Unpublished Intro. to Merck's Medicine Manual, Popular Edition] 16 12 [Miscellaneous] 17 12 [Deposition of Harold J. Morowitz] 1-2 13 [Patent on Making Negative Ions] 3 13 [The Fifth Keilin Memorial Lecture] 4 13 [Bioenergetics] 5 13 Wikstrom 6 13 Van Dam 7 13 [Notes and Calculations] 8 13 [My Laboratory] 9 13 [Charts on a Experiment From Feb 2-8, 1961] 10 13 [Labor Party] 11 13 [Essay on Ivan Puluj] 12 13 [Physics 32b Class Notes, Relativity Dynamics] 13 13 [Physics 100 Notes] 14 13 Alamethicin Paper 15 13 [Miscellaneous Mitchell Biography] 16 13 [Mitchell Biography Information] 17 13 [Correspondence Between Mitchell and Williams] 1 14 Givens [Notes for Autobiography] 2 14 [Autobiography] 3 14 Protons [Mitchell's Bio] 4-5 14 Accession 2012.102, 1944-2010 Accession 2012.102, 1944-2010 15