VI Seminario Interamericanos de Rayos Cosmicos. VI InterAmerican Seminar of Cosmic Rays. 19 al 25 de Julio de 1970. La Paz, Bolivia [text on a poster]
by [Cosmic Rays]
- Used
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
La Paz: Impreso en Lito Unidas, 1970. La Paz, Impreso en Lito Unidas, 1970. A large lithographed full-colour pictorial poster (780 × 528 mm), unmounted as issued (and rolled and stored since then); in fine condition. Provenance: the surname 'Prescott' is written in ink at the foot of the verso. John Russell Prescott (1924-2011), was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide in 1971, and from 1982 until his retirement in 1990 he was Elder Professor of Physics. 'His main research interest was in cosmic rays, and he founded the cosmic ray research group at the University of Adelaide.... While helping excavate at Roonka on the Murray, he decided to apply his knowledge of physics to archaeology, using the new technique of thermoluminescence dating. He set up a laboratory and luminescence soon began to dominate his academic research, particularly after his notional retirement in 1990.
His fieldwork included Lake Mungo, the Flinders Ranges and other sites in Australia, China and Thailand. At the same time his interest in cosmic rays did not diminish and his paper on cosmic ray penetration in sediments is one of the most cited in the luminescence literature' (information from his obituary in 'Adelaide Connect', on the University of Adelaide website).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135005
- Title
- VI Seminario Interamericanos de Rayos Cosmicos. VI InterAmerican Seminar of Cosmic Rays. 19 al 25 de Julio de 1970. La Paz, Bolivia [text on a poster]
- Author
- [Cosmic Rays]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Impreso en Lito Unidas
- Place of Publication
- La Paz
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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