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BOWEN, Edward George

Born Swansea, Wales, 14 January 1911. Education University: Wales (B.Sc. 1930, M.Sc. 1931) and King's College London (Ph.D. 1934). Member, U.K. radar development team, 1935-43; British Air Commission, Washington, U.S.A., 1940-42. Research physicist, M.I.T. Radiation Laboratory, U.S.A., 1943. C.S.I.R. Division of Radiophysics 1944-71; Chief of Division 1946-71. Chairman, Anglo-Australian Telescope Board, 1967-73. Counsellor (Scientific), Australian Embassy, Washington, U.S.A. 1973-76. F.A.A. 1957. F.R.S. 1975.
  1. An x-ray investigation of tin-antimony alloys. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 12 (1931), 441-462.
  2. An x-ray investigation of the bismuth-antimony alloys. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 13 (1932), 1029-1032.
  3. (With R.A. Watson Watt, L.H.Bainbridge-Bell and A.F. Wilkins) Return of radio waves from the middle atmosphere. Nature, 137 (1936), 866.
  4. The return of radio waves from the middle atmosphere. I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 161 (1937), 181-196.
  5. Radar in war. Australian Journal of Science, 8 (1945), 33-37.
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