Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments
By (Author) Paul Callaghan
Foreword by Catherine Callaghan
Bridget Williams Books
Bridget Williams Books
10th February 2014
New Zealand
General
Non Fiction
Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism
538.362092
Paperback
94
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. Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments brings together some of his most significant writing, offering eloquent narratives spanning science, fatherhood, illness and life that will endure in this country's literature.
Sir Paul Callaghan was born in Wanganui in August 1947 and died in Wellington in March 2012. He received international recognition for his scientific research in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. In 2001 he became the thirty-sixth New Zealander to be made a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2011 he was named New Zealander of the Year for his outstanding leadership for more than thirty years as a scientist, teacher, visionary and communicator.