Melvin A. Cook
Melvin Alonzo Cook (October 10, 1911 – October 12, 2000) was an American chemist, most known from his work in explosives, including the development of shaped charges and slurry explosives.[1] Cook was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Biography
Born on October 10, 1911, in
Family
His son,
Explosives
His career (which lasted over 50 years) in theoretical and practical explosives spans some remarkable achievements. As an expert in explosives, Melvin was an investigator of the 1947 fertilizer explosion in Texas City,
Awards and recognitions
For his work in discovering slurry explosives, Cook received a Nitro Nobel Gold Medal in 1968, only the second time the award had been given (and which has been awarded only once since). This award has sometimes been confused with the Nobel Prize conferred by the Nobel Foundation, but although it is given by the successor explosives company founded by Alfred Nobel, Nitro-Nobel AB (now a part of Dyno Nobel), it is not of the same stature or importance as the Nobel Prize. Although it has been claimed that Cook was at one time a Nobel Prize nominee, he was never nominated.
Creationism
Dr. Cook was an ardent
Selected bibliography
Books
- Prehistory and Earth Models (1966, ISBN 0356011925)
- Science and Mormonism (1968, ASIN B00166NKK4) with his son, M. Garfield Cook.
- The Autobiography of Melvin A. Cook (1973 ASIN : B00070S6JK)
- Scientific Prehistory: A Sequel of Prehistory and Earth Models (1993, ASIN B002UQWY0Q)
Articles
- "Plasma and Universal Gravitation" — From Appendix III, The Science of High Explosives — American Chemical Society Monograph Series No. 139 (1958)
Other frequently cited writings
- "What Happened to the Earth's Helium?" — New Scientist, Vol. 24, 3 December 1964, pp. 631–632
- "Where is the Earth's Radiogenic Helium?" — Nature, Vol. 179, 26 January 1957, p. 213 doi:10.1038/179213a0
External sources
- Article on the BLU-82 at GlobalSecurity.org [1]
- Notation on The Melvin Cook Papers (1802–1989) at the University of Utah [2]
- TalkOrigins Archive article on a Melvin Cook claim [3]
- Who's Who in Creation/Evolution at ChristianAnswers.net [4]
- History of Dyno Nobel [5]
References
- ^ New York Times. October 22, 2000. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
Melvin A. Cook, an explosives expert whose innovations helped change the face of warfare and mining, died on Oct. 12 in Salt Lake City. He was 89. ...
- ^ Cook, Melvin A. (1993). Scientific Prehistory: A Sequel of Prehistory and Earth Models, Bountiful, Utah. L.O.C. Card No. 93-74404. pp. vi-vii.
- Talkorigins. Retrieved 2010-09-01.