Picking winners: W. H. and W. L. Bragg at the Royal Institution

Picking winners: W. H. and W. L. Bragg at the Royal Institution

Apart from their extraordinary skills in attracting and nurturing outstanding co-workers and technical staff, W. H. Bragg and W. L. Bragg were extremely successful, as were some of their predecessors (notably Faraday, Dewar and Rideal) in attracting Friday Evening Discourse and other speakers to the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Notes and records of the Royal Society of London 2011-06, Vol.65 (2), p.163-182
1. Verfasser: Thomas, Sir John Meurig
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Atoms
Crystal structure
Crystallography
Crystals
Enzymes
Excavations
Molecular structure
Molecules
Nobel Prizes
Physics
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Zusammenfassung:Apart from their extraordinary skills in attracting and nurturing outstanding co-workers and technical staff, W. H. Bragg and W. L. Bragg were extremely successful, as were some of their predecessors (notably Faraday, Dewar and Rideal) in attracting Friday Evening Discourse and other speakers to the Royal Institution. An examination of the names and subjects of the talks given in the Bragg eras shows how well their programme of events reflected the intellectual life of the nation.
ISSN:0035-9149
1743-0178
DOI:10.1098/rsnr.2011.0009