William and Lawrence Bragg, Father and Son

Description:

This joint biography is of William and Lawrence Bragg, who changed all of science in the 20th-century with the development of X-ray crystallography, and by mentoring the mid-century discovery of the structure of DNA. Their stories are vivid examples of science teaching and research in a colonial setting (Australia).

subjects: Biography,  Nobel Prize winners,  Physicists,  World War, 1914-1918,  Bragg, william lawrence, sir, 1890-1971,  Adelaide (s. aust.), history,  X-ray spectroscopy,  X-ray crystallography,  Physicists, biography,  Australia, biography,  Lauréats du Prix Nobel,  Sir,  William Lawrence,  1890-1971,  William Henry,  1862-1942,  Röntgenkristallographie,  Röntgenstraling,  Röntgendiffractie,  Kristallografie,  Gammastraling,  Fysiker,  Nobelpristagare,  Fysik

People: William Henry Bragg Sir (1862-1942),  William Lawrence Bragg Sir (1890-1971)

Places: Australia,  Great Britain