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The Canadian Light Source
A Story of Scientific Collaboration
G. Michael Bancroft (Author), Dennis Johnson (Author)
9781487508067
Hardback, published 7 August 2020
184 pages, 2 figures
23.5 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg
"The impact of the Canadian Light Source on Canada's domestic and international science programs, and on science in general, is well described. Bancroft also provides a most interesting discussion about the envisioned application of the Canadian Light Source to future research breakthroughs. This book will be welcomed by those readers especially interested in Canadian science and research infrastructure." "This book will be welcomed by those readers especially interested in Canadian science and research infrastructure."
The creation of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, which began operation in 2004, was the largest science project in Canada in the last fifty years. The multi-beam facility operates more than five thousand hours per year and has more than one thousand Canadian and international users from a wide range of science, medical, and engineering disciplines. This book describes the decades of intense research from many scientists to justify this project and the resulting outstanding research covering many areas of the physical, biological, medical, and agricultural sciences. With personal accounts and frank narration, this book describes the long history leading to the CLS, beginning in Saskatoon in the 1930s. The core of the book highlights the remarkable and unselfish collaboration and cooperation of a few hundred people from Canadian and international universities, governments, and industry, showcasing how the Canadian Light Source represents pure and applied research at its finest.
List of Figures 1 Introduction Appendix 1 Synchrotron Facilities and Synchrotron Science: A Brief Overview
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
2 The University of Saskatchewan: The Electron Accelerator, Technical and Engineering Expertise, 1930s–1990
3 The University of Western Ontario: The Beamline and Experimental Expertise, 1970s–1990
4 Formation of the Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation and Competition between Western and USask, 1989–97
5 The Creation of the Canada Foundation for Innovation
6 My Role as Interim Director, 1999–2001
7 The CFI: Goals, Impact, and Paul Martin
8 The Positive Impact on USask and Canadian Science
Appendix 2 Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation: Announcement of CFI Funding, 1999
References
Index
About the Authors