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    Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization" He published the Evolution of the Igneous Rocks in 1928, which became the petrology handbook. Bowen was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1941 and elected a Foreign Member of NAS ForMemRS in 1949.

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    Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization" He published the Evolution of the Igneous Rocks in 1928, which became the petrology handbook. Bowen was awarded the Penrose Medal in 1941 and elected a Foreign Member of NAS ForMemRS in 1949.

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    NormanL.BowenWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    NormanL.Bowen
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    NormanLeviBowenFRS[2]wasborninKingston,
    Ontario,CanadaJune21,1887anddiedonSeptember
    11,1956.Bowen"revolutionizedexperimental
    petrologyandourunderstandingofmineral
    crystallization".Beginninggeologystudentsare
    familiarwithBowen'sreactionseriesdepictinghow
    differentmineralscrystallizeundervaryingpressures
    andtemperatures."[3]

    NormanLeviBowen

    Contents
    1Career

    NormanLeviBowen(in1909)

    2Personallife
    3Awardsandhonours

    Born

    NormanLeviBowen
    June21,1887
    Kingston,Ontario,Canada

    Died

    September11,1956(aged69)

    Nationality

    Canadian

    Fields

    petrology

    Institutions

    CarnegieInstitutionforScience

    Knownfor

    Bowen'sreactionseries

    4References
    5Furtherreading

    Career
    Bowenconductedexperimentalresearchatthe
    GeophysicalLaboratory,CarnegieInstitutionfor
    ScienceofWashingtonfrom1912to1937.He
    publishedTheEvolutionoftheIgneousRocksin1928.
    Thisbooksetthestageforageochemicaland
    geophysicalfoundationforthestudyofrocksand
    minerals.Thisbookbecamethepetrologyhandbook.

    Notableawards

    BigsbyMedal (1931)
    PenroseMedal (1941)
    MemberofNAS[1]
    ForMemRS (1949)[2]
    RoeblingMedal (1950)
    WollastonMedal (1950)

    Personallife
    BowenmarriedMaryLamontin1911,andtheyhadadaughterCatherine.

    Awardsandhonours
    BowenwasawardedthePenroseMedalin1941andelectedaForeignMemberoftheRoyalSociety
    (ForMemRS)in1949.[2]
    TheNormanL.BowenAward,awardedannuallybytheAmericanGeophysicalUnion,isnamedinhis
    honour.

    References
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_L._Bowen

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