Light is a Messenger: The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg
Author:   Graeme K. Hunter (, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198529217


Pages:   338
Publication Date:   12 August 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Graeme K. Hunter (, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9780198529217


ISBN 10:   019852921
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   12 August 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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0: Introduction 1: A shy and reserved person: Adelaide, 1886-1908 2: Concatenation of fortunate circumstances: Cambridge, 1909-1914 3: Our show is going famously: World War One, 1914-1919 4: A system of simple and elegant architecture: Manchester, 1919-1930 5: Plus-plus chemistry: Manchester, 1931-1937 6: Supreme position in British physics: The National Physics Laboratory and Cambridge, 1937-1939 7: He will have to be Sir Lawrence: World War Two, 1939-1945 8: A message in code which we cannot yet decipher: Cambridge, 1945-53 9: The art of popular lecturing on scientific subjects: The Royal Institution, 1954-1966 10: A very difficult affair indeed: Retirement, 1966-1971 11: Epilogue

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This book will be a key starting point for further work. Jeff Hughes, Ambix


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Dr Graeme Kenneth Hunter, School of Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada, Tel. no: 519 661 2185, Fax no: 519 850 2459, E-mail address: Graeme.hunter@fmd.uwo.ca Graduated from the University of Glasgow with first class honours in Biochemistry in 1976, and completed Ph.D. in Biochemistry there four years later. Post-doctoral research at Stanford University, the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. Appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Alberta in 1988. In 1991, took up the position of Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, promoted to Professor in 2000. Since 1996, has acted as Assistant Director for Research in the School of Dentistry. Research interests are biomineralization and the history and philosophy of science.

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