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The quality of Cambridge University
Norman Greenwood
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| 51. Sir John Lennard-Jones at Cambridge | 94 | 01:04 | |
| 52. Theoretical chemistry with Lennard-Jones | 79 | 01:17 | |
| 53. Attending the lectures of the Cambridge notables: Bertrand Russell | 140 | 02:42 | |
| 54. The quality of Cambridge University | 116 | 01:04 | |
| 55. Another notable: Wolfgang Pauli | 341 | 01:25 | |
| 56. WL Bragg's 'culture for the scientists' | 99 | 00:30 | |
| 57. Plans to holiday in Scandinavia | 71 | 01:32 | |
| 58. Making friends en route to Newcastle | 68 | 04:08 | |
| 59. A party on Fløyen mountain | 58 | 01:52 | |
| 60. Beautiful Norway | 59 | 01:34 |
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The other thing about Cambridge was the quality of the place – I mean, you couldn’t help being impressed by this. In the Chemical Society, which held weekly meetings, Fridays at five o’clock, if I remember rightly, the people that came in were people I had been reading papers of in Melbourne, there were people that I knew, or I knew of – I had never met them before – and some of them were awful, some of them not.
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: The quality of Cambridge University
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: University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Chemical Society
Duration: 1 minute, 4 seconds
Date story recorded: May 2011
Date story went live: 25 November 2011
