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SUMMARY:The Cavendish Laboratory  1932 to 1953  Decline and Regeneration -
  Malcolm Longair Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy\, Eme
 ritus Professorial Fellow and former Vice-President\, Clare Hall.
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CONTACT:Adrian du Plessis
DESCRIPTION:\n\n1932 was an Annus Mirabilis at the Cavendish Laboratory\, 
 the culmination of the Laboratory's ascent to the forefront of physics ass
 ociated with the names of Maxwell\, Rayleigh\, Thomson and Rutherford. \n\
 n In 1938 Bragg inherited a laboratory in decline after its glory years.  
 Then WW2 intervened.  After the war\, Bragg changed the direction of activ
 ity in the laboratory and within a decade it was back at the forefront of 
 research with the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of radio
  astronomy.  How this came about reflects many changes in  research in phy
 sics\, resulting from work during the war and the growth of Big Science.  
 \n\n The talk will be profusely illustrated.\n
LOCATION:Meeting Room\, Clare Hall\, Herschel Road\, Cambridge
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