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9780750306904

Against the Tide: An Autobiographical Account of a Professional Outsider

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750306904

  • ISBN10:

    0750306904

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Summary

Author tells the story of his life from fisherman's son in New Zealand to head of the Mathematical Institute at Oxford University. Discusses his involvement in research in aerodynamics, research into the theory of magnetically confined hot plasmas, and the fusion energy project. Author writes frankly about both his successes and failures.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
List of Illustrations
xi
Growing Up
1(31)
University Days
32(22)
Learning to Fly
54(21)
Flying about New Zealand
75(23)
On Active Service
98(29)
Rehabilitation
127(24)
Kiwi at Oxford
151(26)
Research and Lecturing
177(23)
University of New South Wales
200(17)
University of Oxford
217(30)
Struggles in Research
247(25)
The Tokamak Fiasco
272(30)
Ebb Tide
302(11)
Index 313

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