Making 20th century science: how theories became knowledge

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-0208-53-0208
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Century Science ◽  
20Th Century Science

The appointment of W. H. Bragg, F. R. S. to the University of Adelaide

1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-99 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Research Career ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Experimental Physics ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
The University ◽  
Century Science ◽  
20Th Century Science

TWO of the more important figures in 20th century science have been William Henry Bragg (1) and his elder son William Lawrence Bragg (2). Less fully studied and understood are the formative years of W. H. Bragg’s academic and research career, which were spent in Australia, where, in addition, W. L. Bragg was born, raised and educated. W. H. Bragg was appointed Elder Professor of Mathematics and Experimental Physics in the University of Adelaide late in 1885; at the age of 23 years and very soon after he graduated from the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. It may be conceded that such a young man needed time to mature and to learn the ways of the academic world, but nevertheless it seems curious that his first 17 years in Australia should have involved little more than wide social popularity, a passion for golf and painting in water-colours, ‘bicycle tours and picnics during the long lazy summer vacations by the sea’, a flirtation with X-rays, and generally ‘ a pleasant and useful life as a popular teacher and good friend in the Adelaide community’ (3).

Making 20th Century Science

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 241-243
Author(s):  
Olival Freire
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Century Science ◽  
20Th Century Science

Chandrasekhar’s role in 20th-century science

Physics Today ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Freeman Dyson
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Century Science ◽  
20Th Century Science

Antimatter and 20th century science

2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-244
Author(s):  
Gary Williams
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Century Science ◽  
20Th Century Science
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