Gordon Aylward

Gordon Hillis Aylward, MSc is an Australian chemical author. He is known for writing the SI Chemical Data book.

Biography

Gordon Aylward graduated on 20 May 1952 with a BSc (Honours) in Applied Chemistry from the then-new University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2] Later he received a MSc from the same university, and continued to teach Analytical Chemistry for 13 years there.^[3] During that period he organized the Approach to Chemistry summer schools, together with his co-teacher dr Tristan Findlay. To support the course, they wrote the book SI Chemical Data as the textbook.^[3]

Later Aylward joined Macquarie University as Associate Professor and worked from 1970 till his retirement in 2005 in developing countries as a Science Education consultant for UNESCO, then for the World Bank and finally as a free-lance Senior Science Education Advisor.^[3]

Editions

Together with Tristan Findlay, in 1965 Aylward wrote SI Chemical Data, a supplementary text for chemistry students in undergraduate courses, and for in high school subjects specialising in chemistry.

1. 1965: first edition^[1]
2. second edition
3. third edition
4. 1998: fourth edition
5. 2002: fifth edition
6. Aylward, G.H.; T.J.V. Findlay (2008). SI Chemical Data (6th ed.). Milton, Queensland: John Wiley & Sons Australia. ISBN 0-470-81638-4.

References

1. "A lunch half a century later". University of New South Wales. 22 March 2004. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
2. "The university's first graduates". University of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
3. "Product Information SI Chemical Data". Booktopia. Retrieved 2008-05-07.