The Australian Academy of Science celebrates and assesses two centuries of Australian science, as a contribution to the nation's bicentenary. Authors with wide-ranging fields of interest present a group of general surveys and case studies on the development of scientific understanding and research. Topics range from traditional Aboriginal conceptions of the workings of nature to the directions and priorities of the present day. Among issues the book addresses are the place of science in a colonial society; the relationship between science in Australia and elsewhere, especially Britain; the impact of war on the Australian scientific institutions. Published in association with the Australian Academy of Science.
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"Taken together, these essays reflect the range and level of current work on the history of biological and physical sciences in Australia." Science
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Surveys and case studies on a wide range of subjects assess two centuries of Australian scientific achievement in this contribution to the nation's bicentenary celebration.
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The distant ancestors of the Aborigines colonized the Australian continent at least 40 000 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mineral reconnaissance, colonial geologists, chemical staff, tall grass stalks, radio physicists, infrastructural institutions, pathological services, solar noise, solar bursts, synthesis telescope, acclimatization society, imperial science, cancer conference, colonial science, government botanist, radio sun, scientific colonialism, science task force, cyanide process, allantoic membrane, sunspot group, radio astronomy, death adder, arc minutes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, Cancer Research Committee, University of Melbourne, South Australia, Prime Minister, Executive Committee, Australian Academy of Science, University of Sydney, Cancer Conf, Hall Institute, United States, Second World War, New Zealand, Colonial Office, Linnean Society, Van Diemen's Land, Radiophysics Laboratory, Arnhem Land, Astronomical Society of Australia, Radio Research Board, Royal Geographical Society, New York, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Ferdinand von Mueller, Air Force New!
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mineral reconnaissance, colonial geologists, chemical staff, tall grass stalks, radio physicists, infrastructural institutions, pathological services, solar noise, solar bursts, synthesis telescope, acclimatization society, imperial science, cancer conference, colonial science, government botanist, radio sun, scientific colonialism, science task force, cyanide process, allantoic membrane, sunspot group, radio astronomy, death adder, arc minutes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, Cancer Research Committee, University of Melbourne, South Australia, Prime Minister, Executive Committee, Australian Academy of Science, University of Sydney, Cancer Conf, Hall Institute, United States, Second World War, New Zealand, Colonial Office, Linnean Society, Van Diemen's Land, Radiophysics Laboratory, Arnhem Land, Astronomical Society of Australia, Radio Research Board, Royal Geographical Society, New York, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Ferdinand von Mueller, Air Force New!
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- Man's Place in Nature (Modern Library Science) by Thomas H. Huxley on page 153, and page 154
- The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years after Jansky's Discovery by W. T. Sullivan on page 341, and page 372
- People and Plants in Australia by D.J. Carr on page 148, and page 274
- The Physiology of Synapses by john eccles on page 304, and page 307
- Early Greek Philosophy by J. Burnet on page 22
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- Beyond Southern Skies: Radio Astronomy and the Parkes Telescope by Peter Robertson on 8 pages
- Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia (Studies in Australian History) by Jan Todd in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection by David Knight in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory by S. C. B. Gascoigne on page 12, and Back Matter
- The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the Thylacine by Robert Paddle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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