Australian Science in the MakingR. W. Home, Roderick Weir Home In this 1989 volume the Australian Academy of Science celebrates and assesses two centuries of Australian science. |
Contents
Aboriginal conceptions of the workings of nature | 11 |
Philosophical travellers at the ends of the earth Baudin Peron and the Tasmanians | 19 |
Cultural transmission Science and society to 1850 | 39 |
Science in a colonial society | 61 |
The long arm of London Sir Roderick Murchison and imperial science in Australia | 63 |
Support for the scientific enterprise 18501900 | 96 |
Baron von Mueller Protege turned patron | 125 |
Gorilla warfare in Melbourne Halford Huxley and Mans place in nature | 145 |
Science on service 19391945 | 212 |
Plant introduction in Australia | 240 |
Research in the medical sciences The road to national independence | 263 |
Early years of Australian radio astronomy | 292 |
Australian astronomy since the Second World War | 329 |
The shaping of contemporary scientific institutions | 356 |
Notes on Contributors | 381 |
Index | 385 |
Sweetness and light Industrial research in the Colonial Sugar Refining Company 18551900 | 162 |
Cancer physics and society Interactions between the wars | 189 |
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Aboriginal acclimatization activities Adelaide appointed Arnhem Land Aust Australian Academy Australian science Australian scientific Baudin Bolton Botanic botanist Bowen Britain British Canberra Cancer Research Committee century chemical chemists colonial Commonwealth Council CSIR CSIRO cultural Department E.W. Knox early economic established example expedition exploration Ferdinand von Mueller funds Geological geologists gold Halford Huxley Ibid important interest J.D. Hooker Journal Kellaway Kottmann laboratory Laby legumes London major Medical Research Mills Minister Moppett Mueller to J.D. Murchison natural observations Observatory op.cit optical papers Pawsey Péron physicists physics Plant Introduction problems professor programme proposed Queensland radar radiation radio astronomy Radiophysics radiotherapy role Royal Society science and technology science policy scientific community scientists Silurian solar South Australia South Wales species staff sugar Survey Sydney Tasmania technical telescope University of Melbourne University of Sydney venom Victoria Western Australia X-ray