One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower by Duckworth, Henry E

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2000, . Paper bound, edition not stated, illustrated, xiii + Pp354pp. Includes index. As new. Two copies available. In his engaging memoirs, Henry Duckworth takes readers from his student days in Winnipeg and Chicago in the 1930s to his time as president of the University of Winnipeg (1971-1981) and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. An accomplished physicist, he wrote the first definitive text in English on mass spectroscopy, discovered the last stable isotope (platinum) and helped create important programs at universities and at the National Research Council. He also served on numerous councils for scientific and university organizations and rubbed shoulders with Nobel Prize winners at international conferences. With humour and modesty, Duckworth recalls the trends, changes, and crises that he witnessed throughout his long university career. He offers his observations, his opinions, his ""version of the facts"", providing a special insight into critical years in Canada's university education history, as well as his own specialty, atomic research. 530 grams unpacked - extra postage may be requested. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.