scholarly journals Bernhard Hermann Neumann 1909 - 2002

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Cheryl E. Praeger
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Research Department ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
National University ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research ◽  
Australian Academy

Bernhard Hermann Neumann was born and educated in Berlin. He held doctorates from Berlin and Cambridge, and mathematical positions at universities in Cardiff, Hull, Manchester, and the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Whereas his move to the UK in 1933 was a result of the difficulties he faced as a Jew in finding employment in Germany, his move to Australia in 1962 was to set up a new research Department of Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the ANU. Bernhard Neumann was famous for both his seminal research work in algebra and his strong support of all endeavours in mathematics. His scholarly publications span more than seventy years. His honours include Fellowship of the Royal Society and of the Australian Academy of Science, appointment as Companion of the Order of Australia, and numerous honorary doctorates. To Bernhard it was important to share and spread the joy of doing mathematics.

scholarly journals Bernhard Hermann Neumann AC. 15 October 1909 — 21 October 2002

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 285-316
Author(s):  
Cheryl E. Praeger
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Research Department ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
National University ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research ◽  
Australian Academy

Bernhard Hermann Neumann was born and educated in Berlin. He held doctorates from Berlin and Cambridge, and mathematical positions at universities in Cardiff, Hull, Manchester and the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Whereas his move to the UK in 1932 was a result of the difficulties he faced as a Jew in finding employment in Germany, his move to Australia in 1962 was to set up a new research Department of Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies at ANU. Bernhard Neumann was famous both for his seminal research work in algebra and also for his strong support of all endeavours in mathematics. His scholarly publications span more than 70 years. His honours include election to the Fellowships of the Royal Society and of the Australian Academy of Science, appointment as Companion of the Order of Australia, and numerous honorary doctorates. To Bernhard it was important to share and spread the joy of doing mathematics.

scholarly journals Light People: Professor Chennupati Jagadish

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Research Career ◽  
National University ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Australian Academy ◽  
Young Researchers

EditorialIn 2018, the Indian film “Starting Line” focused the public’s attention on the issue of education in India. It depicted the length some Indian parents were willing to go to secure educational resources for their children, as well as the difficulties faced by those disadvantaged in society in their fight for equal educational opportunities. In reality, many brilliant young Indian talents have been able to study in Australia through a fund set up by Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, a Distinguished Professor of the Australian National University. Prof. Jagadish is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. In 2018 he was awarded a UNESCO Prize for his contribution to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He holds many positions, and has won numerous awards. What started Prof. Jagadish on his scientific research career? How did he become the respected scientist he is today? What was his intention in setting up the educational fund for students from developing countries? What advice does he have for young researchers? Here are the answers from Prof. Jagadish.

David Parker Craig 1919–2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Noel S. Hush ◽  
Leo Radom
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Molecular Crystals ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Research School ◽  
Aromatic Molecules ◽  
Chemistry Research ◽  
National University ◽  
University College London ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Australian Academy

David Craig was an outstanding Australian theoretical chemist whose academic life oscillated between Australia (University of Sydney and Australian National University (ANU)) and the UK (University College London). The Craig Building of the Research School of Chemistry of the ANU was named in his honour in 1995. He was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1990 to 1994, and the Academy's David Craig Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry research, was inaugurated in his honour. His best-known research is in the fields of quantum theory and spectroscopy of aromatic molecules, molecular crystals, quantum electrodynamics and chirality.

scholarly journals David Parker Craig AO FAA. 23 December 1919—1 July 2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 107-129
Author(s):  
Noel S. Hush ◽  
Leo Radom
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Molecular Crystals ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Research School ◽  
Aromatic Molecules ◽  
Chemistry Research ◽  
National University ◽  
University College London ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Australian Academy

David Craig was an outstanding Australian theoretical chemist whose academic life oscillated between Australia (University of Sydney and Australian National University (ANU)) and the UK (University College London). The Craig Building of the Research School of Chemistry of the ANU was named in his honour in 1995. He was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1990 to 1994, and the Academy's David Craig Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry research, was inaugurated in his honour. His best-known research is in the fields of quantum theory and spectroscopy of aromatic molecules, molecular crystals, quantum electrodynamics and chirality.

scholarly journals Lord Robert May of Oxford OM. 8 January 1936—28 April 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lord (John) Krebs ◽  
Michael Hassell ◽  
Sir Charles Godfray
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
Mathematical Analysis ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Population Fluctuations ◽  
Theoretical Physicist ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research

Robert May was the leading theoretical ecologist of his generation. He started his career as a theoretical physicist and began the transition to ecology soon after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard. His mathematical analysis of the stability of ecological communities challenged orthodox views and spawned a new research agenda. He demonstrated that many different patterns of population fluctuations, including chaotic behaviour, could arise from simple mathematical models. Together with R. M. Anderson, he transformed the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. All of his work was characterized by his remarkable ability to reduce complex problems to their essential simplicities. His achievements were recognized by the award of numerous major international prizes. May also served as the UK government's chief scientific advisor between 1995 and 2000, and as President of the Royal Society between 2000 and 2005.

The Animal Chemistry Club; assistant society to the Royal Society

1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-185 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Parent Body ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Linnean Society ◽  
The Status ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Monolithic Structure

Towards the end of the eighteenth century it was becoming increasingly clear that the Royal Society alone was inadequate to provide the facilities needed for the detailed discussion of all the specialized branches of science. Groups of Fellows with common interests began to meet privately in order to discuss their problems and consider ways in which their particular branch might be studied and improved. In days when numerous coffee and dinner clubs were springing up, it was an easy matter to persuade a circle of friends and colleagues to join in following the fashionable trend. Thus a common interest might be furthered in a congenial atmosphere (i). Already in 1788, the Linnean Society had been formed with the aim of improving the study of Natural History (2). Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, intent upon measures which would raise the status of the Fellowship, looked with disfavour on anything which appeared likely to undermine the standing of the Royal Society. Nevertheless, he lent strong support to the Linnean Society in its early days (3), allowing its members full use of his extensive personal collection of specimens, so that by 1790 the new Society was well established (4). But by developing independently of the Royal Society, the Linnean Society became its rival in the field of Natural History. This was a blow to the monolithic structure of the parent body and Banks became more wary of the possible effects which might follow the formation of other such specialized groups, though he gave his qualified support to the Horticultural Society, established in 1804 and later to the Geological Society, set up in 1807 (5).

The Return of Universal Basic Income

2019 ◽  
pp. 224-246
Author(s):  
Peter Sloman
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Green Party ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Changing Attitudes

Basic income has risen rapidly up the UK political agenda over the last five years with support from the Green Party, think-tanks such as the Royal Society of Arts, and some trade unionists. The Labour Party has set up a working group to explore the idea, and four Scottish councils are developing plans for a pilot scheme. This chapter explores the history of basic income campaigning in Britain since the 1980s and examines why the idea has regained traction since 2013–14. It pays particular attention to the institutional role played by the Basic Income Research Group (now the Citizen’s Basic Income Trust) and the Basic Income Earth Network, developments in the global south, and changing attitudes to work within the labour movement. It also examines how British campaigners have sought to reframe the case for basic income in dynamic terms, as a foundation for economic security across the life cycle.

Arthur John Birch 1915 - 1995

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney W. Rickards ◽  
Sir John Cornforth
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Natural Products ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Liquid Ammonia ◽  
Birch Reduction ◽  
National University ◽  
Iron Tricarbonyl ◽  
Australian Academy ◽  
Royal Society Of London

Arthur John Birch AC CMG FRS FAA was one of the great organic chemists of the twentieth century. He held chairs at the Universities of Sydney and Manchester and at the Australian National University in Canberra, and was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1982 to 1986. His outstanding research contributions include the Birch reduction of aromatic compounds by sodium and ethanol in liquid ammonia, his polyketide theory of the biosynthesis of natural products, and his studies of synthetic applications of diene iron tricarbonyl complexes. *This memoir is also published in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London, 2007.

An experiment in biophysics

1951 ◽  
Vol 138 (892) ◽  
pp. 301-324 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
King's College ◽  
Generous Support ◽  
Set Up ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University

I am indebted to the Council of the Royal Society for this opportunity of describing the early biophysics developments at King’s College, for the inception and encouragement of which the Society has itself been so much responsible. At the end of the last war the Society was extremely active in supporting new research schemes in Universities for which the financial procedures normal to such stitutions might not be appropriate. It had for some years been my intention to gage in biophysical research, and I submitted a scheme of work to the Society early in 1946, receiving much help and encouragement from Professor A. V. Hill and Sir Edward Salisbury. A Committee of the Society was set up under the chairlanship of Sir Edward Salisbury to consider the scheme. General approval was given a little later in the same year, but the biophysical nature of the programme rompted the Treasury to suggest that the Medical Research Council would be the propriate body to administer the scheme I had in mind; the Medical Research council gave its approval in March 1947 to the formation of a Biophysics Research nit with myself as honorary director, and a Biophysics Committee with Sir Edward Salisbury as Chairman was also formed at this time. The former Secretary of the Medical Research Council, Sir Edward Mellanby, and his successor, Dr. P. Him sworth, together with the headquarters staff, have been most helpful and considerate, and I cannot emphasize too strongly how encouraging this has been to us during the early stages of the Unit’s existence. The generous support of King’s College, of the University of London, and of the Rockefeller Foundation has enabled the work to go forward with greater impetus and on a bigger scale than would otherwise have been possible. The total number of scientists engaged on biophysical research at King’s College is at the present time 26, and the corresponding number of technicians 23.

ORAL HISTORY SOURCES AS LEARNING MATERIALS: A CASE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
Gugulethu Shamaine Nkala ◽  
Rodreck David
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Archives ◽  
National University ◽  
Set Up

Knowledge presented by Oral History (OH) is unique in that it shares the tacit perspective, thoughts, opinions and understanding of the interviewee in its primary form. While teachers, lecturers and other education specialists have at their disposal a wide range of primary, secondary and tertiary sources upon which to relate and share or impart knowledge, OH presents a rich source of information that can improve the learning and knowledge impartation experience. The uniqueness of OH is presented in the following advantages of its use: it allows one to learn about the perspectives of individuals who might not otherwise appear in the historical record; it allows one to compensate for the digital age; one can learn different kinds of information; it provides historical actors with an opportunity to tell their own stories in their own words; and it offers a rich opportunity for human interaction. This article discusses the placement of oral history in the classroom set-up by investigating its use as a source of learning material presented by the National Archives of Zimbabwe to students in the Department of Records and Archives Management at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST). Interviews and a group discussion were used to gather data from an archivist at the National Archives of Zimbabwe, lecturers and students in the Department of Records and Archives Management at NUST, respectively. These groups were approached on the usability, uniqueness and other characteristics that support this type of knowledge about OH in a tertiary learning experience. The findings indicate several qualities that reflect the richness of OH as a teaching source material in a classroom set-up. It further points to weak areas that may be addressed where the source is considered a viable strategy for knowledge sharing and learning. The researchers present a possible model that can be used to champion the use of this rich knowledge source in classroom education at this university and in similar set-ups. 

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