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Magnetic venture : the story of Oxford Instruments / Audrey Wood.
Lippincott Library HD9706.6.G74 O94 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Audrey (Business woman)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oxford Instruments--History.
- Oxford Instruments.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments industry--Great Britain--History.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments industry.
- Medical instruments and apparatus industry--Great Britain--History.
- Medical instruments and apparatus industry.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance--Industrial applications--History.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance.
- Oxford Instruments Group.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance--Industrial applications.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Local Subjects:
- Oxford Instruments Group.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 387 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Oxford Instruments is one of the UK's real success stories--a science-based company that has evolved from its earliest beginnings in a garden shed to become a world leader in applied superconductivity. This first-hand account details this evolution, focusing on the enterpreneurial skill of Sir Martin Wood and how the company has become a model for the new science-based university spin-offs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-367) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199241082
- OCLC:
- 44075883
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