Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Biography & Memoir, Reference
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Author: Paul Callaghan ISBN: 9781927131800
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Paul Callaghan
ISBN: 9781927131800
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

Acknowledged internationally for his ground-breaking scientific research in the field of magnetic resonance, Sir Paul Callaghan was a scientist and visionary with a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience. He was named New Zealander of the Year in 2011. His death in early 2012 robbed New Zealand of an inspirational leader.

Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments brings together some of his most significant writing. Whether he describes his childhood in Wanganui, reflects on discovering the beauty of science, sets out New Zealands future potential or discusses the experience of fatherhood, Sir Paul Callaghan offers eloquent narratives that will endure in this countrys literature. Meeting with the cancer that ended his life, he documents for us all ways of living well in the face of illness. As his daughter Catherine writes in her moving foreword: He became his own scientific experiment.

BWB Texts offer a new form of reading for New Zealanders. Commissioned as short digital-only works, BWB Texts unlock diverse stories, insights and analysis from the best of our past, present and future New Zealand writing.

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Acknowledged internationally for his ground-breaking scientific research in the field of magnetic resonance, Sir Paul Callaghan was a scientist and visionary with a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience. He was named New Zealander of the Year in 2011. His death in early 2012 robbed New Zealand of an inspirational leader.

Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments brings together some of his most significant writing. Whether he describes his childhood in Wanganui, reflects on discovering the beauty of science, sets out New Zealands future potential or discusses the experience of fatherhood, Sir Paul Callaghan offers eloquent narratives that will endure in this countrys literature. Meeting with the cancer that ended his life, he documents for us all ways of living well in the face of illness. As his daughter Catherine writes in her moving foreword: He became his own scientific experiment.

BWB Texts offer a new form of reading for New Zealanders. Commissioned as short digital-only works, BWB Texts unlock diverse stories, insights and analysis from the best of our past, present and future New Zealand writing.

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