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Playing tennis for fun
Norman Greenwood
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| 23. Religious colleges at Melbourne University | 99 | 01:39 | |
| 24. My squash partners | 78 | 01:08 | |
| 25. Spotting the lyrebird | 71 | 01:36 | |
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| 27. The deferential headmaster | 66 | 01:17 | |
| 28. Republican changes in Australian values | 62 | 02:14 | |
| 29. Hitchhiking out of Melbourne | 71 | 02:27 | |
| 30. Coming across Gundagai | 1 | 59 | 01:59 |
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Well, I have to say, Brian, it wasn't all hard work. There were long hours, worked Saturday mornings and also Wednesday evenings I had to work and then did my degree course part-time as well, but there was time on Saturday afternoons, and I played quite a bit of tennis in those days. We attended the local Congregational church – I think there's no Congregational churches now, it's fused with the Presbyterians to be the United Reform Church, but certainly in the 30s and 40s there was a Congregational church about a mile away which we went to for Sunday school and then later on I joined the tennis club, actually was Captain for a year just before I came over, and we used to have a good knock about with other teams in the area.
Norman Greenwood (1925-2012) was born in Australia and graduated from Melbourne University before going to Cambridge. His wide-ranging research in inorganic and structural chemistry made major advances in the chemistry of boron hydrides and other main-group element compounds. He also pioneered the application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to problems in chemistry. He was a prolific writer and inspirational lecturer on chemical and educational themes, and held numerous visiting professorships throughout the world.
Title: Playing tennis for fun
Listeners: Brian Johnson
Professor Brian FG Johnson FRS, FRSE, FRS Chem, FAcad Eu, FAS. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry University of Edinburgh 1991-1995, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry University of Cambridge 1995-2005, Master Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1999-2005. Research interests include studies of transition metal carbonyls, organometallic chemistry, nano- particles and homogeneous catalysis. Professor Johnson is the author of over 1000 research articles and papers.
Tags: 1930s, 1940s
Duration: 57 seconds
Date story recorded: May 2011
Date story went live: 25 November 2011
