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SUMMARY:Secret Science of WWII - Professor Brian J Ford\, President of CSA
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CONTACT:Dr Nigel Bennee
DESCRIPTION:During the 1939-45 war\, scientific research accelerated as ne
 ver before. Many earlier discoveries whose potential had yet to come to fr
 uition\, were suddenly applied in wartime reality. Public announcements we
 re made to entice research workers from academia to become involved in inn
 ovation. The results were sometimes bizarre (including a suggestion to bom
 b Nazi troops with venomous snakes) and sometimes awe-inspiring (including
  the development of nuclear weapons). This wide-ranging illustrated presen
 tation will show the effect that the exigencies of wartime can have on pro
 gress\, arguing that we now face similar wars\; against pollution and pove
 rty\, water shortage\, climate change and famine. A similar sense of urgen
 cy could similarly act as a stimulus to progress.\n 
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Camb
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