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The Reith Lectures: Edward Appleton - Science and the Nation: Industrial Science

1956: Edward Appleton - Science and the Nation

09/12/1956

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Edward Appleton - Science and the Nation

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Professor Edward Appleton analyses the functional sciences created for industry.

Professor Edward analyses the functional sciences created for industry in his fifth Reith lecture.

This year's Reith Lecturer is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh Sir Edward Appleton. From 1939 to 1949 he was Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and in 1947 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar. In his Reith series entitled 'Science and the Nation', he considers the importance of science. 

In his fifth lecture entitled 'Industrial Science', Professor Appleton considers the functional uses of science. He explores the scientific research work carried out by industries in order to produce better products, and analyses how automation is expanding this kind of science.

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Physicist and Nobel-prize winner Edward Appleton examines scientific activity in Britain.

The British physicist and Nobel-prize winner Sir Edward Appleton delivers six Reith lectures on the many facets of scientific activity in Britain.

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