ABSTRACT

Schonland: Scientist and Soldier is a biography of Sir Basil Schonland FRS (1896-1972). Schonland was a major contributor to twentieth-century British and Commonwealth science, both in peace and war. This is not just a scientific biography, but a biography that tells much of a highly placed scientist and administrator, of the increasing engagement

chapter 1|10 pages

EARLY YEARS

chapter 2|15 pages

RHODES TO CAMBRIDGE

chapter 3|13 pages

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

chapter 4|14 pages

IN COMMAND

chapter 5|18 pages

FROM THE CAVENDISH TO CAPE TOWN

chapter 6|19 pages

AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHTNING

chapter 7|20 pages

ENTER COCKCROFT

chapter 8|22 pages

THE WINGS BEGIN TO SPREAD

chapter 9|19 pages

TWO CHAIRS AND THE BPI

chapter 10|19 pages

BERNARD PRICE’S INSTITUTE

chapter 11|34 pages

THE SSS AT WAR

chapter 12|25 pages

‘COULD I BE OF SERVICE?’

chapter 13|35 pages

SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS

chapter 14|38 pages

MONTGOMERY’S SCIENTIST

chapter 15|36 pages

WHEN SMUTS CALLED

chapter 16|26 pages

NATIONALISTS AND INTERNATIONALISTS

chapter 17|16 pages

‘COME OVER TO MACEDONIA AND HELP US’

chapter 18|15 pages

COCKCROFT’S MAN

chapter 19|36 pages

SCIENTIA ET LABORE

chapter 20|18 pages

‘COMETH THE HOUR’

chapter 21|17 pages

HARWELL

chapter 22|26 pages

FISSION BUT NO FUSION

chapter 23|30 pages

ZETA AND WINDSCALE

chapter 24|58 pages

CAPTAIN AND NOT FIRST OFFICER