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* 1950/2007 - "[[Science: Its Method and Its Philosophy]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Science-Its-Method-Philosophy/dp/140676857X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219358046&sr=1-2 Read in full]) | * 1950/2007 - "[[Science: Its Method and Its Philosophy]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Science-Its-Method-Philosophy/dp/140676857X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219358046&sr=1-2 Read in full]) | ||
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Burniston Brown | |
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| Died | December 1, 1988 |
| Residence | Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Relativity |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
Guy Burniston Brown was a reader in physics at University College, London. He retired to Padstow, in Cornwall, where he most likely remained for the rest of his life. Some sources have mistakenly given his first name as George. Articles:
- "A New Treatment of Diffraction," Contemporary Physics, V5, N1, Appendix 7, pp. 15-27 (Oct 1963).
- Several of his papers from 1935 to 1977 can be found at IOP Electronic Journals.
- Nature, 51, 85-86 (1943).
- Proc. Phys. Soc. B., 68, 672-678 (1955).
- Sci. Progr., 44, 619-634 (1956).
- Sci. Progr., 46, 15-29 (1958).
- "Gravitational and Inertial Mass", Amer. J. Phys., 28, 475-483 (1960).
- I.P.P.S. Bulletin, 16, 319 (1965).
- I.P.P.S. Bulletin, 17, 22 (1966).
Abstracts
- 1986 - "Relatively Boring" (Read in full)
- 1967 - "What is Wrong With Relativity? " (Read in full)
- 1958 - "The Unification of Macroscopic Physics" (Read in full)
- 1957 - "Must Western Science Decline?" (Read in full)
- 1956 - "Have We Abandoned the Physical Theory of Nature?" (Read in full)