One version of the facts : my life in the ivory tower / Henry E. Duckworth ; foreword by Thomas H. B. Symons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duckworth, H. E. (Henry Edmison), 1915- author.

Contributor:

Symons, Thomas H. B., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duckworth, H. E. (Henry Edmison), 1915-.

Duckworth, H. E.

Physicists--Biography.

Physicists.

Physicists--Canada--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his engaging memoirs, One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower, Dr. Henry Duckworth takes readers from his student days in Winnipeg and Chicago in the 1930s to his time as president of the University of Winnipeg (1971-1981) and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. An accomplished physicist, he wrote the first definitive text in English on mass spectroscopy, discovered the last stable isotope (platinum), and helped create important programs at universities and at the National Research Council. He also served on numerous councils for scientific and university organizations, and rubbed shoulders with Nobel Prize winners at international conferences.With humour and modesty, Henry Duckworth recalls trends, changes, and crises he witnessed throughout his long university career. He offers his observations, his opinions, his "version of the facts," providing a special insight into critical years in Canada's university education history, as well as his own specialty, atomic research.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""1 Growing up in the Manse: 1915 to 1931""; ""2 College Days: 1931 to 1937""; ""3 Starting to Earn a Living: 1937 to 1940""; ""4 The University of Chicago: 1939 to 1942""; ""5 Wartime Service: 1942 to 1945""; ""6 The University of Manitoba: 1945�46""; ""7 Wesleyan University: 1946 to 1951""; ""8 McMaster University: 1951 to 1965""; ""9 The University of Manitoba: 1965 to 1970""; ""10 Laval University: 1970�71""; ""11 The University of Winnipeg: 1971 to 1981""; ""12 In Retirement: 1981 to 1999""; ""13 Seven Decades of Change""

""Appendix: Curriculum Vitae of Henry E. Duckworth""""Index""; ""General""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Universities""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2017).

ISBN:

1-283-09100-3

9786613091000

0-88755-352-4

OCLC:

1412008468