Hermann Klaatsch and his photographic representations of Australian aborigines during his scientific trip through Australia (1904-1907)

Osler and his Australian associations--Part 1: During his life.

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6/20 December 2010 193 11/12 686-689 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au History Sir William’s grandfather, Edward Osler, was Featherstone (William Osler’s father) and brother whose children scattered to the United States, Sou Australia. Indeed, Harvey Cushing, the contempo neurosurgeon and Osler’s biographer, stated that he h of...

Ettore Majorana: His Scientific and Human Personality

This article reports part of the invited talk delivered by the author at the “International Conference on Majorana Legacy" held at the Department of Physics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, on 5 and 6 Octorber, 2006: Conference organized for celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana; probably the brightest Italian theoretician of ...

John Schellman and his scientific work.

A survey of his scientific work

When Jack van Lint was appointed as full professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology at the age of 26 he combined a PhD in number theory with a very open scientific mind. It took a sabbatical visit to Bell Laboratories in 1966 to make him understand that a new and fascinating field of applied mathematics was emerging: discrete mathematics. It fascinated and inspired him for the rest of ...

Samuel Johnson: his ills, his pills and his physician friends.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the greatest men of his age. Although famed for his writings, especially his Dictionary and his folio on Shakespeare, he is remembered for his tavern conversations, his literary clubs and the great biography of his life by Boswell. He always enjoyed having physicians as his friends, and took a great interest in all branches of medicine. He would advise and ...