by Brian Austin (Author)
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 between science and the military, and of changing military-diplomatic relationships between Britain and South Africa. The author has drawn on a profusion of primary and secondary source material, from both South African and British archives, to produce a fine biography that is very readable and interesting.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 639
Edition: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 13 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0750305010
ISBN 13: 9780750305013