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Author Ridler, Jason Sean, 1975- author.

Title Maestro of science : Omond McKillop Solandt and government science in war and hostile peace, 1939-1956 / Jason Sean Ridler
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Idyllic Childhood: The Early Years of Omond McKillop Solandt, 1909-1927 -- 3 Protégé: Omond Solandt and Charles Best in Toronto and Leningrad, 1927-1935 -- 4 Commencement: Solandt, Cambridge, and the Ontario Polio Epidemic, 1936-1939 -- 5 First Taste of War: Solandt and the South West London Blood Depot, 1940 -- 6 Tank Doctor: Omond Solandt, Director of the Physiological Research Laboratory, Lulworth, 1940-1942 -- 7 Managing Science: Omond Solandt and the British Army Operational Research Group, 1943-1945 -- 8 Atomic Battlefield: Solandt and the British Mission to Japan, November 1945 -- 9 The Only Man for the Job: Omond Solandt and the Origins of the Defence Research Board, 1943-1946 -- 10 A Doctor among Soldiers: Solandt, Canada's First Scientific Chief of Staff, 1946-1956 -- 11 A Decade of Leadership: Omond Solandt, Chairman of the Defence Research Board, 1946-1956 -- 12 Rockets, Germs, and UFOs: Solandt, the Establishments, and Public Perceptions of the DRB, 1946-1956 -- 13 Canada's Defence Research Diplomat: Solandt and the DRB's International Connections, 1946-1956 -- 14 Atomic Realist: Omond Solandt and Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1955 -- 15 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Jason S. Ridler draws on interviews and declassified records to paint a vivid picture of the influence and achievements of a Canadian leader in Cold War military research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Solandt, Omond M. (Omond McKillop), 1909-
SUBJECT Solandt, Omond M. (Omond McKillop), 1909- fast
Subject Scientists -- Canada -- Biography
Military research -- Canada
Science and state -- Canada
Scientists in government -- Canada
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
SCIENCE -- History.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Military research
Science and state
Scientists
Scientists in government
Canada
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442668294
1442668296