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Nuclear pursuits : the scientific biography of Wilfrid Bennett Lewis /

Born in England in 1908, Lewis earned a doctorate at the Cavendish Laboratory in 1934 and continued his research on nuclear physics there until 1939. During the war he worked on the development of radar and in 1945 became chief superintendent of the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Malve...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fawcett, Ruth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1994.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • Illustrations
  • 1 Early Years
  • 2 Radar Days
  • 3 Chalk River
  • 4 Nuclear and Other Pursuits
  • 5 The Gleam in the Eye of the Atomic Scientist: Towards a Power Reactor
  • 6 Canada's Nuclear Statesman
  • 7 ING
  • 8 The Power Program Revisited: 1959â€?1973
  • 9 Retirement
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Bibliography of W.B. Lewis
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • St
  • u
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