The search for knowledge and understanding / Maxwell Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, M. R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--Biography--20th century.

College teachers.

Scholars--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--Biography--20th century.

Scholars.

University of Sydney--History.

University of Sydney.

University of Sydney--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 333 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : The University of Sydney, [2019]

Summary:

"For nearly a millennium, universities have searched for knowledge, understanding and truth. Max Bennett evaluates the work of 20 of the greatest scholars in the University of Sydney's history and shows how this university's search has advanced society in manifold ways."--On back cover.

Contents:

History: 1. Ancient Greek red-figure pottery: Arthur Dale Trendall

2. Medieval Icelandic sagas and poetry: Margaret Clunies Ross

3. Early Australian colonies and Federation: John Manning Ward. Jurisprudence: 4. Protecting the common law from autocracy: Alice Erh-Soon Tay

5. Ensuring legal decisions reflect society's mores: Julius Stone. Economics: 6. Identifying instabilities in financial institutions: Warren Pat Hogan. Philosophy: 7. Truth, time and causality: Huw Price

8. Brain and mind: David Armstrong

9. Foundations of modern science: Stephen Gaukroger. Physics, engineering and astronomy: 10. Star magnitudes and the invention of the stellar interferometer: Robert Hanbury Brown

11. Radio signals from stars and the invention of the Mills Cross telescope: Bernard Mills

12. Radio signals from sunspots and the invention of the swept-lobe interferometer: Ruby Payne-Scot. Chemistry and geology: 13. Photosynthesis and the quantum mechanics of electron transfer: Noel S. Hush

14. Discovery of land masses in Antarctica and Precambrian fossils: Tannatt William Edgeworth David. Biology, epidemiology and mathematics: 15. Distribution and abundance of species: Louis Charles Birch

16. Biodiversity, the spread of diseases and mathematical predictions: Robert May

17. Malignant melanoma, rubella hearing loss and mathematical correlations: Henry Oliver Lancaster. Neuroscience, neurology and respiratory medicine: 18. Seeing the world in three dimensions depends on identified neural mechanisms: Peter Bishop

19. Delaying nerve degeneration, inherited diseases and multiple sclerosis: James McLeod

20. Asthma risk factors identified as allergens and genetic predispositions: Ann Janet Woolcock.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74210-450-9

1-74210-463-0