Donald Braben
Donald W. Braben | |
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Born |
[1] Liverpool, England | May 29, 1935
Residence | United Kingdom |
Citizenship | British |
Nationality | British |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions |
University College London University of Liverpool |
Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
Thesis | Energy levels of Na 23 (1962) |
Known for | Blue skies research |
Website www |
Donald W. Braben is a British author and Honorary Professor in the department of Earth Sciences, University College London.[1]
Education
Braben was educated at the University of Liverpool where he was awarded a PhD in 1962 for work on Isotopes of sodium.[2]
Research
Braben is a well-known advocate of academic freedom,[3][4] blue skies research,[5][6][7] and the culture of science.[8] Braben is the author of "To Be a Scientist: The Spirit of Adventure in Science and Technology", (OUP 1994), Pioneering Research: A Risk Worth Taking (Wiley 2004) and Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization (Wiley 2008).[9]
References
- 1 2 "Donald Braben UCL Earth Sciences - UCL - Blue Skies Research". Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ Braben, Donald W. (2012). Energy Levels of Na 23 (PhD thesis). University of Liverpool.(subscription required)
- ↑ Donald W. Braben (2008). Scientific freedom: the elixir of civilization. New York: Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 0-470-22654-4.
- ↑ Augsdorfer, P. (2008). "Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization. By Donald W. Braben". ChemBioChem 9 (17): 2889–2890. doi:10.1002/cbic.200800670.
- ↑ Braben, D. W. (2004). Pioneering research: a risk worth taking. New York: Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 0-471-48852-6.
- ↑ Braben, D. (2002). "Blue Skies Research and the global economy". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 314: 768–138. Bibcode:2002PhyA..314..768B. doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01065-8.
- ↑ Braben, D. W. (1985). "Innovation and academic research". Nature 316 (6027): 401. Bibcode:1985Natur.316..401B. doi:10.1038/316401a0.
- ↑ Braben, D. W. (1994). To be a scientist. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852290-8.
- ↑ "Blue Skies Research". Retrieved 2012-12-10.
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