ABSTRACT

Sir Nevill Mott was Britain's last Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics. This is a tribute to the life and work of Nobel Laureate Nevill Mott, a hugely admired and appreciated man, and one of this countries greatest ever scientists. It includes contributions from over 80 of his friends, family and colleagues, full of anecdotes and appreciations for this collossus of modern physics.

chapter |4 pages

A Happy Childhood

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Bristol: First Years

chapter |4 pages

Early Days

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A Miraculous Escape

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Nevill: Family Friend

chapter |6 pages

Some Reminiscences

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Memories from 1945 to 1954

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Recollections

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Some Personal Reminiscences

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Postwar Days at Bristol

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A Brief Reminiscence

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Mott and the Cosmic Radiation

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Reminiscences of Bristol

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A Brilliant Shaft of Light

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Mott Family Life

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Preventing Nuclear War

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The Oxford Research Group

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Magister

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A Student’s View

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Can You Hear Me in the Back?

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Excursions into Politics

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Tripos Reform and Invention

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Selected Encounters

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Moving On

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Cavendish Professor

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A Jewish Connection

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NFM and PCS

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Gifts to Physics

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A Reminiscence and Appreciation

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Applied Science

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Energetic Kindness

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Starting a University

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Open Learning

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Teaching Science

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My Memories

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Reminiscences

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A Happy Warrior

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Some Personal Recollections

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Working with Nevill Mott

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Reminiscences

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Democritus of Elysium

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Defects in Chalcogenide Glasses

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The Mott Transition

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A Sovereign Friend

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A Man for All Seasons

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Encountering Sir Nevill

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The Enquiring Chemist

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Sharing a Whisky

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A Man and a Scientist

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Nobel Prize News in Marburg

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Swedish Involvements

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My Life Touched by Nevill

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Mott’s Room

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My Research with Sir Nevill

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Personal memories

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Reminescences

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Fond Remembrances

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Beyond the Mott Transition

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My Brother-in-Law John Harder

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Science and Religion

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Nevill’s Funeral Address