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Crystal clear : the autobio...
The main body of this book contains the hitherto unpublished autobiographies of both William Lawrence Bragg, an innovative scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915, and his wife, Alice, a Mayor of Cambridge and National Chairman of Marriage Guidance. Their autobiographies give unusual insights into the lives and times of two distinguished people and the real personalities behind their public appearance
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monografia Rebiun39139581 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39139581 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 150709s2015 enka ob 001 0aeng d 1066454661 1284935674 1300509478 9780191061790 electronic bk.) 0191061794 electronic bk.) 0198744307 9780198744306 9780191805721 0191805726 0191061808 9780191061806 9780198744306 AU@ 000056948583 AU@ 000058414320 AU@ 000062376371 NZ1 16231914 N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T IDEBK CDX AZU YDXCP OH1 UIU COO EBLCP CUS OKU STBDS OCLCQ BUF OCLCF CEF OTZ ERL WYU YOU UBY OCLCQ OCLCO UKAHL OCLCQ OCL NRC OCLCO OCL QGK DST OCLCO YDX OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL CLOUD OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCL e-uk--- BIO 015000 bisacsh SCI 024000 bisacsh SCI 041000 bisacsh SCI 055000 bisacsh 530.092 B 23 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E3VVTqbkPKYkbQYHrTfcmrbQJT Crystal clear the autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg edited by A.M. Glazer and Patience Thomson Autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg First edition Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2015 Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 1 online resource (xx, 427 pages) illustrations, portraits 1 online resource (xx, 427 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. Meet my Mother and Father (by Patience Thomson) -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Personalities -- 1.3 Meet my Mother -- 1.4 Meet my Father -- 1.5 Family Homes -- 2. William Lawrence Bragg (In his own Words) -- 2.1 Growing Up in Australia -- 2.2 The Journey to England -- 2.3 The Cavendish Laboratory -- 2.4 War! -- 2.5 Manchester Days -- 2.6 A Brief Interlude -- 2.7 Return to Cambridge -- 2.8 Another War Ended -- 3. Alice Grace Jenny Bragg: 'The Half Was Not Told' -- 3.1 My Hopkinson Grandparents 3.2 Aunt Mary and Others3.3 My Mother's Family -- 3.4 My Mother's Diary -- 3.5 Childhood at Parsonage Nook -- 3.6 Boarding School -- 3.7 Family Holidays -- 3.8 A Year at Home -- 3.9 Student at Cambridge -- 3.10 Engagement and Marriage -- 3.11 Life in Manchester -- 3.12 The 'Manchester School' -- 3.13 Travels Abroad -- 3.14 'Farewell to Manchester' -- 3.15 Wartime in Cambridge -- 3.16 His Worship Mr Mayor -- 3.17 The Royal Institution: A Difficult Decision -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Name Index The main body of this book contains the hitherto unpublished autobiographies of both William Lawrence Bragg, an innovative scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915, and his wife, Alice, a Mayor of Cambridge and National Chairman of Marriage Guidance. Their autobiographies give unusual insights into the lives and times of two distinguished people and the real personalities behind their public appearance English Bragg, William Lawrence Sir 1890-1971.) Bragg, Alice Grace Jenny 1899-1989.) Bragg, William Lawrence Sir 1890-1971) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxmDjJ8RmvQypx6j9RdwC Physicists- Great Britain- Biography Physics- History Crystallography- History Physique- Histoire Cristallographie- Histoire BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY- Science & Technology. SCIENCE- Energy. SCIENCE- Mechanics- General. SCIENCE- Physics- General. Crystallography. Physicists. Physics. Great Britain. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP Electronic books Autobiography Biography autobiographies (literary genre) Autobiographies. Biographies. History. Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Glazer, A. M. Anthony Michael) editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjhDfhRKvCxxKRmX6y8G3 Thomson, Patience editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFcrVXgbmFFC9MhVR9VqP Print version Crystal clear. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press, 2015 9780198744306 (DLC) 2015430192 (OCoLC)907194367