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Experiencing the after effects of The Great Leap Forward
Norman Greenwood Scientist
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Another thing, which interested me, was that there was in fact some personal free-trading beginning to be allowed. This was a little after the Great Leap Forward, which had had devastating effects on China and several of the professors, though they didn’t start the conversation, when I asked about it they said, well they took time off, they had been moved into other employment, usually manual employment in this period, but they seemed enormously resilient and kept going.

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.

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: China, Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong, Mao Tse-tung

Duration: 40 seconds

Date story recorded: May 2011

Date story went live: 25 November 2011