The Birth of Mineral Physics at the ANU in the 1970s
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Arrival and First Years at the ANU
3. Research of Graduate Students Ian Jackson and Leonie Jones
4. Related Research (1971–1976)
5. Interactions with Other Research Groups in the RSES
6. Post-1970 Research Collaboration between ANU and Stony Brook
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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