Word: mcmahons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Friends and colleagues remembered McMahon as a scholar devoted to his work and students...
...addition, friends remembered McMahon's wide range of interests in various disciplines. "He was a marvelous person of great talent in a variety of areas. He's written novels and plays and was involved in various local hospitals," Abernathy said...
Originally trained as an engineer McMahon helped design a special springy running surface known as the "tuned" track in Harvard's Gordon indoor Track and Tennis Facility. According to Lewis, McMahon filmed runners running on various surfaces ranging from foam rubber to poured cement and then observed the mechanics of their motion...
Most recently, McMahon gained attention for his work explaining the mechanisms behind the ability of the basilisk lizard--also known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard"--to run so fast across rivers as to appear to walk on water...
...addition to his work in biology and mechanics, McMahon was also an accomplished writer who received acclaim for several novels in which scientists were the protagonists. His 1987 novel Loving Little Egypt won him the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Rosenthal Award. McMahon also authored Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry: A Novel and McKay's Bees...