Australian science in the making

Abstract

Introduction R. W. Home Part I. Early Days: 1. Aboriginal conceptions of the workings of nature L. R. Hiatt and Rhys Jones 2. Philosophical travellers at the ends of the earth: Baudin, Peron and the Tasmanians M. J. Hughes 3. Cultural transmission: science and society to 1850 S. Jack Part II. Science in a Colonial Society: 4. The long arm of London: Sir Roderick Murchison and imperial science in Australia R. A. Stafford 5. Support for the scientific enterprise, 1850-1900 I. Inkster and J. Todd 6. Baron von Mueller: protege turned patron A. M. Lucas 7. Gorilla warfare in Melbourne: Halford, Huxley and 'Man's place in nature' B. W. Butcher 8. 'Sweetness and light': industrial research in the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 1855-1900 G. Bindon and D. P. Miller Part III. Passage to Modernity: 9. Cancer, physics and society: interactions between the wars H. Hamersley 10. Science on service, 1939-45 R. W. Home 11. Plant introduction in Australia R. L. Burt and W. T. Williams 12. Research in the medical sciences: the road to national independence F. C. Courtice 13. Early years of Australian radio astronomy W. T. Sullivan, III 14. Australian astronomy since the Second World War S. C. B. Gascoigne 15. The shaping of contemporary scientific institutions R. Johnston and J. Buckley Index.

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