Edward George Bowen interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1568804
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bowen, Edward George, 1911-1991, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1972
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 24 min.) ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 609.
- Summary:
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Bowen speaks of his studies ; working in England on the ground air warning system in 1935 ; installing the first sea search radar (1940) ; moving to Australia in 1944 to help with the radar effort ; heading the CSIRO's Division of Radio Physics ; Bowen speaks of the various applications of the radar technique ; his work in radio astronomy.
- Biography/History:
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Edward George Bowen was born in Wales in 1911 graduating in physics from Swansea University in 1930 then a Masters in Science from the University of Wales in 1931 and his doctorate in 1934 from University of London. In 1935 he worked with Sir Robert Watson Watt and A.F. Wilkin in Britain to build the first experimental airn warning radar in the world and was the basis for the radar chain guarding Britain during World War II. He also lead the team that developed the first airborne radar used in air interception and sea search in the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. He was appointed Chief of the Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO in 1946, a position he continued to hold until his retirement in 1971. In the 1950s he lead the development of a navigational device DME used since in all commercial aircraft and subsequently received the 1950 Thurlow Award of the American Institute of Navigation. He also researched cloud physics and experimented in raincloud seeding to improve country rainfall.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 26 June 1972.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-220828949
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and transcript available (7 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Physicists
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Until 2063 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1993
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