Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 47, Issue 2 (2017)

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Special issue: Finding New Zealand’s scientific heritage: Science in the 20th Century. Guest editors: Rebecca Priestley and Simon Nathan

Introduction

Introduction
The lessons of history for the future of science
Rebecca Priestley & Simon Nathan
Pages: 145-147
Published online: 26 May 2017
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Finding Matilda: deconstructing women’s invisibility in Finding New Zealand’s Scientific Heritage
Kate Hannah
Pages: 148-155
Published online: 17 Apr 2017
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Sydney Street West: a first place for science in Wellington
APW Hodder & C Hodder
Pages: 156-161
Published online: 28 Aug 2016
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Assembling meteorology: balloons, leaking gas, and colonial relations in the making of new atmospheres
M. Henry
Pages: 162-168
Published online: 22 Feb 2017
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On tap or on top? Scientists and the control of research in the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1926–1974
Ross Galbreath
Pages: 169-174
Published online: 22 Feb 2017
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Service to science: history of the New Zealand Association of Scientists
G. Gregory
Pages: 175-180
Published online: 22 Feb 2017
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Mr ‘Explorer’ Douglas and the giant geological map of South Westland
Simon Nathan
Pages: 181-186
Published online: 22 Feb 2017
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Four Mile man: a short note on the life of Richard (Dick) Wright Willett
Keith Willett
Pages: 187-192
Published online: 17 Apr 2017
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Rocks, radio and radar: Elizabeth Alexander and the DSIR Radio Development Laboratory, 1942–1945
Mary Harris
Pages: 193-198
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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DSIR’s Industrial Psychology Division 1942–1954
John Hearnshaw
Pages: 199-204
Published online: 13 Mar 2017
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The golden dawn of New Zealand oceanography
Keith Lewis
Pages: 205-210
Published online: 17 Apr 2017
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Beatrice Hill Tinsley: breaking through the glass ceiling
Josephine C. Reid
Pages: 211-217
Published online: 10 Apr 2017
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