Maestro of Science : : Omond McKillop Solandt and Government Science in War and Hostile Peace, 1939-1956 / / Jason S. Ridler.
One of the brightest Canadian scientists of his generation, Omond McKillop Solandt was a physiologist by training, an engineer by disposition, and a manager by necessity. A protégé of insulin's co-discoverer, Charles Best, Solandt worked as a scientist for the British government during the Seco...
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Ridler, Jason S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Maestro of Science : Omond McKillop Solandt and Government Science in War and Hostile Peace, 1939-1956 / Jason S. Ridler. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018] ©2015 1 online resource (384 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Idyllic Childhood: The Early Years of Omond McKillop Solandt, 1909-1927 -- 3 Protégé: Omond Solandt and Charles Best in Toronto and Leningrad, 1927-1935 -- 4 Commencement: Solandt, Cambridge, and the Ontario Polio Epidemic, 1936-1939 -- 5 First Taste of War: Solandt and the South West London Blood Depot, 1940 -- 6 Tank Doctor: Omond Solandt, Director of the Physiological Research Laboratory, Lulworth, 1940-1942 -- 7 Managing Science: Omond Solandt and the British Army Operational Research Group, 1943-1945 -- 8 Atomic Battlefield: Solandt and the British Mission to Japan, November 1945 -- 9 The Only Man for the Job: Omond Solandt and the Origins of the Defence Research Board, 1943-1946 -- 10 A Doctor among Soldiers: Solandt, Canada's First Scientific Chief of Staff, 1946-1956 -- 11 A Decade of Leadership: Omond Solandt, Chairman of the Defence Research Board, 1946-1956 -- 12 Rockets, Germs, and UFOs: Solandt, the Establishments, and Public Perceptions of the DRB, 1946-1956 -- 13 Canada's Defence Research Diplomat: Solandt and the DRB's International Connections, 1946-1956 -- 14 Atomic Realist: Omond Solandt and Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1955 -- 15 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star One of the brightest Canadian scientists of his generation, Omond McKillop Solandt was a physiologist by training, an engineer by disposition, and a manager by necessity. A protégé of insulin's co-discoverer, Charles Best, Solandt worked as a scientist for the British government during the Second World War, including as a pioneer of operational research and a manager of scientific establishments. Ending the war as a colonel, he served on the British Mission to Japan, where he studied the effects of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before returning to Canada to become chairman of the newly created Defence Research Board. There he spearheaded Canada's attempt to create a new and innovative government science infrastructure that served the needs of the Canadian military at the dawn of the nuclear age and worked alongside allies in Britain and the United States.In Maestro of Science, Jason S. Ridler draws on interviews with Solandt and his colleagues and declassified records from Canada and the United Kingdom to paint a vivid picture of the influence and achievements of a Canadian leader in Cold War military research. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020) Military research Canada. Science and state Canada. Scientists Canada Biography. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015 9783110606812 print 9781442647473 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668294 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442668294 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442668294.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Idyllic Childhood: The Early Years of Omond McKillop Solandt, 1909-1927 -- 3 Protégé: Omond Solandt and Charles Best in Toronto and Leningrad, 1927-1935 -- 4 Commencement: Solandt, Cambridge, and the Ontario Polio Epidemic, 1936-1939 -- 5 First Taste of War: Solandt and the South West London Blood Depot, 1940 -- 6 Tank Doctor: Omond Solandt, Director of the Physiological Research Laboratory, Lulworth, 1940-1942 -- 7 Managing Science: Omond Solandt and the British Army Operational Research Group, 1943-1945 -- 8 Atomic Battlefield: Solandt and the British Mission to Japan, November 1945 -- 9 The Only Man for the Job: Omond Solandt and the Origins of the Defence Research Board, 1943-1946 -- 10 A Doctor among Soldiers: Solandt, Canada's First Scientific Chief of Staff, 1946-1956 -- 11 A Decade of Leadership: Omond Solandt, Chairman of the Defence Research Board, 1946-1956 -- 12 Rockets, Germs, and UFOs: Solandt, the Establishments, and Public Perceptions of the DRB, 1946-1956 -- 13 Canada's Defence Research Diplomat: Solandt and the DRB's International Connections, 1946-1956 -- 14 Atomic Realist: Omond Solandt and Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1955 -- 15 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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