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ERIC Number: EJ582713
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Defence Science Research, Higher Education and the Australian Quest for the Atomic Bomb, 1945-60.
Reynolds, Wayne
History of Education: The Journal of the History of Education Society, v26 n2 p225-42 Jun 1997
Recounts the efforts of the Australian government to create an atomic research and development program after World War II. Describes initial cooperation with Britain and the push for the transformation of Australian higher and secondary education in service of national scientific development. Discusses effects of the end of Commonwealth cooperation. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Weapons, Physics, Research and Development, Science and Society, Science Education History, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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