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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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