Information AboutFrederick Seitz |
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Seitz studied under Eugene Wigner at Princeton University , graduating in 1934 . They invented the Wigner-Seitz Unit Cell , which is an important concept in Solid State physics. In 1940, he published a prominent physics textbook, The Modern Theory of Solids. Seitz has commented on the role of curiosity in the process of scientific discovery: :"Over a long time, things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs." {Link without Title} He served as the president of the National Academy Of Sciences from 1965 until 1968 . From 1968 through 1978 , he was president of Rockefeller University . Shortly before his retirement from Rockefeller University in 1979 , Seitz began working as a paid permanent consultant for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , advising their research program. By 1989 , the CEO of R.J. Reynolds, William Hobbs, concluded that "Dr. Seitz is quite elderly and not sufficiently rational to offer advice." {Link without Title} However, in 1994 , Seitz authored a report published by the George C. Marshall Institute , of which he was a founder and chairman of the board, entitled "Global warming and ozone hole controversies. A challenge to scientific judgment." In a broader discussion of environmental toxins, he concluded "there is no good scientific evidence that passive inhalation is truly dangerous under normal circumstances." {Link without Title} Seitz continues to question whether (OISM) on Global Warming and in an open letter invited scientists to sign the OISM's Global Warming Petition . Seitz also signed the 1995 Leipzig Declaration . POSITIONS HELD
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