As described in yesterday's ADAP, a biography of
pioneering radio-astronomer John Bolton has recently been published
by NewSouth Publishing. Author Peter Robertson, who also wrote
Beyond Southern Skies: Radio Astronomy and the Parkes Telescope,
covers Bolton's life from his birth in Sheffield, education at
Cambridge, and service in the Royal Navy, to joining CSIR (as
CSIRO was formerly known), establishing the Owens Valley
Radio Observatory, then returning to CSIRO as the Director
of the Parkes Observatory. A great read!
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