John Mellis

Gebundenes Buch

Scotland's Science Next

Stories of pioneering science, technology and medicine (1850-2022)

Beschreibung

The telephone, television, pneumatic tyres, penicillin, radar - these are just some of the inventions, discoveries and developments where the fundamental contributions of Scottish scientists and technologists are well recognised. Less well known, but no less revolutionary, are Scotland's other scientific innovations in fields such as pharmaceuticals; botany and geology; medical diagnostics and evidence-based medicine; particle physics; and the detection of supernovas and gravity waves. As the successor to Scotland's Science, this updated 2022 edition of Scotland's Science Next concentrates mainly on the towering achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries. It takes a comprehensive view of Scotland's science at home and abroad, and tells its stories in an engaging and highly readable way.With a Foreword by Professor Dame Anne Glover, former president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Autor

John Mellis has authored many technical papers and some not-so-technical articles in various journals and periodicals. He was born in Glasgow, where he studied Applied Physics, Logic and Semantics, and the Philosophy of Science at the University of Strathclyde. He gained a Ph.D. from the University of St Andrews, for experimental and computational research on the physics of CO2 lasers. After a postdoctoral fellowship in high-power lasers funded by British Aerospace, he moved to England to work on optical signal processing at the Standard Telecommunication Laboratories (STL) in Essex. Most of his career has been with the BT Research Labs near Ipswich, working on optical communications networks and advanced software algorithms, on tech-based spinout ventures, and in global project management. For many years he was a Visiting Professor in the School of Computing and Technology at the University of Sunderland. He lives in Suffolk, UK.

Produktdetails

• Scotland's Science
• Verlag: John Mellis
• 2 Enhanced edition
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9781739202316
• ISBN-10: 1739202317
• Artikelnr.: 66280142