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3 unusual facts about Carnegie Institution for Science


Carnegie Institute

Carnegie Institution for Science (formally known as the Carnegie Institution of Washington), Washington, D.C.

Carnegie stages

The name "Carnegie stages" comes from the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Norman L. Bowen

Bowen conducted experimental research at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science of Washington from 1912 to 1937.


Douglas Koshland

He was a staff scientist at Carnegie Institution for Science from 1987 and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at Johns Hopkins University.

Harris–Benedict equation

The Harris–Benedict equation sprang from a study by James Arthur Harris and Francis Gano Benedict, which was published in 1919 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the monograph “A Biometric Study Of Basal Metabolism In Man”.

Mark M. Phillips

He is the past director of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and is the Associate Director and Carnegie Staff Member at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, part of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Among many achievements, he was a professor at Columbia University, president of the American Mathematical Society, and Dean of Carnegie Institute in Washington.

Tree planting

According to Ken Caldeira, a study co-author from the Carnegie Institution for Science, "To plant forests outside of the tropics to mitigate climate change is a waste of time.".


see also

Photochemical Reflectance Index

The Photochemical Reflectance Index or PRI is a reflectance measurement developed by Dr. John Gamon during his tenure as a postdoctorate fellow supervised by Dr. Christopher Field at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University.