Science, Churchill and Me
The Autobiography of Hermann Bondi

Hermann Bondi (Author), Lord Lord Carrington (Author)

9780080372358, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 18 May 1990

160 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.38 kg

"Sir Hermann Bondi's autobiography is a brief and delightful book... Many of his views and insights recorded in this book will be quoted for years to come." --Physics World

Recounts the experiences, appointments and achievements of this eminent scientist. Dealing systematically with Bondi's childhood in Austria, arrival in Cambridge and his important contributions to the field of mathematics before his appointment as Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, the book conveys how an initially strictly academic career led to a range of positions in the public sector finishing with a return to academia.

Vienna The move to England The first six months in Egland Life in Cambridge Internment Interregnum Admiralty Signals Establishment Thoughts on the Second World War Life in Cambridge after the War King's College London European Space Research Organization Defence Energy Natural Environment Research Council Churchill College Reflections

Subject Areas: Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P], History [HB]