january january australian physicist humanitarian graduate awarded exhibition scholarship study lord supervision investigated nuclear fusion produced non theory effect followed treatment following year later wrote monograph subject returned lecturer helped professor build physics department second world war worked sydney produced laboratory model cavity september returned melbourne officer charge continued development cavity radar sets australian worked manhattan_project created atomic bombs early offered position lecturer london fostered international cooperation nuclear physics nation study interaction atomic went years group produced wealth new results including observation double spent year secretary committee recommended construction super international team leadership carried successful search early life born tasmania january child officers wife older sisters family wealthy moved frequently owing nature parents evangelical work family moved attended secondary education receiving leaving year certificate transferred final year won scholarship entered initially studied civil engineering switched science years physics awarded provided financial assistance graduated bachelor science degree class honours physics earned bachelor_of_arts class honours mathematics master science physics master research problem professor investigate probability shell electron impact measuring intensity resultant ray emissions aroused interest effect subject later authority contrast master thesis band molecules little influence later work thesis good awarded exhibition scholarship study cambridge_university lord scholarship included class ticket london liner time leading centres physics world laboratory scientists split atomic nucleus discovered confirmed existence supervised fellow australian initially assigned task investigating positive metal hot metal surfaces soon switch interesting subject measurement function pairs producing nuclear fusion able observe reaction energies continued investigations rays effect conducted investigation shells silver born produced non theory effect followed treatment australian fellow work effect monograph effect transitions coming cambridge engaged political activities cambridge encountered political debate generated suffering caused great depression rise europe rejected parents faith favour science reject values especially compassion cambridge embraced socialism believed scientists moral responsibility society included fighting returned australia taking position lecturer eager build adding expertise latest developments nuclear physics married fiancée december ceremony daughter sons completed cambridge doctor philosophy phd degree supervision parts reorganization inner shell special reference theory electron problems atomic note migration surface established research program field australian university employing scientific equipment brought britain research effort produced beam commissioned august gave lectures modern physics quantum mechanics outbreak second world war worked development optical munitions particularly mirrors aerial photography february release work microwave radar sydney martin produced laboratory model cavity july based overseas design entirely local components manufactured australia september returned officer charge outpost task turning cavity prototypes production models eventually radar sets produced australia manhattan_project january sir head release work manhattan_project allied effort create atomic bombs joined australian working manhattan_project berkeley task develop electromagnetic separation process worked studying characteristics electric magnetic fields today known studied compounds feed electromagnetic process work involved occasional visit manhattan_project electromagnetic faculty tennessee london early offered position lecturer london head wait released reach london war ended august wife family stayed australia working united_states joined london months later living working conditions london worse california australia wartime shortages persisted college suffered bombing damage located temporary quarters promoted reader head moved professor dean listed international scientific cooperation worked establish high altitude cloud chamber commenced operation collaborated nation study interaction atomic went years produced wealth new results including observation double spent academic year secretary committee chaired drew policy development machines committee recommended super built important physics research europe decades come took charge quick grasp advantages heavy liquid bubble chambers studying interactions steered group participation joint european ventures group discovery neutral currents milestone road theoretical unification weak force help director united_states international team seven european laboratories leadership carried search new particle existence predicted suggested interactions create short lived low particles detected use nuclear experiment successfully detected particles lifetime order follow experiment confirmed existence flight time social activism opened file believing secret member communist_party associate known passed secret documents soviet_union july british government cancelled passport accepted offer travel soviet_union new passport issued gave foreign secretary written assurance seek travel soviet_union iron curtain countries like scientists worked manhattan_project concerned dangers nuclear weapons addressed public meetings raise awareness subject founding member war chairman member britain capacity helped organise founded president local branch years received number honours awards elected fellow delivered memorial lecture elected foreign member received peace prize retired died london result stomach cancer january survived wife children papers london special collections
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