The Radioactive Dr Mawson: Douglas Mawson and the Quest for Australia's Radium Riches, 1904-58
In Australia, our history with nuclear matter and its processes has its origins in the early twentieth-century scientific adventurism of famed Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. As much as Mawson's life has come to be defined by his forays into the ice, an examination of his personal and academ...
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ftanucanberra:oai:openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au:1885/316810 2024-05-12T07:55:02+00:00 The Radioactive Dr Mawson: Douglas Mawson and the Quest for Australia's Radium Riches, 1904-58 Urwin, Jessica application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316810 https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2021.1958878 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/316810/3/The%20Radioactive%20Dr%20Mawson%20%20Douglas%20Mawson%20and%20the%20Quest%20for%20Australia%20s%20Radium%20Riches%20%201904%2058.pdf.jpg en_AU eng Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 1031-461X http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316810 doi:10.1080/1031461X.2021.1958878 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/316810/3/The%20Radioactive%20Dr%20Mawson%20%20Douglas%20Mawson%20and%20the%20Quest%20for%20Australia%20s%20Radium%20Riches%20%201904%2058.pdf.jpg © 2021 The authors Australian Historical Studies Journal article ftanucanberra https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2021.1958878 2024-04-17T14:01:08Z In Australia, our history with nuclear matter and its processes has its origins in the early twentieth-century scientific adventurism of famed Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. As much as Mawson's life has come to be defined by his forays into the ice, an examination of his personal and academic papers provides insight into how his relationship with radium was also of great importance, mirroring the shifting political and historical forces impacting upon the geologist. These are forces that he impacted in turn. Further to this, charting Mawson's relationship with the radioactive from 1904 until his death in 1958 demonstrates the ways that Australia's nuclear history entwines with scientific discovery, settler nationalistic ambition and colonialism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections Antarctic Australian Historical Studies 53 1 26 42 |
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In Australia, our history with nuclear matter and its processes has its origins in the early twentieth-century scientific adventurism of famed Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. As much as Mawson's life has come to be defined by his forays into the ice, an examination of his personal and academic papers provides insight into how his relationship with radium was also of great importance, mirroring the shifting political and historical forces impacting upon the geologist. These are forces that he impacted in turn. Further to this, charting Mawson's relationship with the radioactive from 1904 until his death in 1958 demonstrates the ways that Australia's nuclear history entwines with scientific discovery, settler nationalistic ambition and colonialism. |
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