Journal and Proceedings of
The Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume 118 Parts 1 and 2 [Issued September, 1985]
CONTENTS
| AUTHORS & TITLES | PAGES |
| Bhathal, R.S., Science Centres and/or Science Museums for Australia [Presidential Address, 1985] | 1-9 |
| Katalsky, V., Kirkpatrick, C.B. and Daoud, A.T., Proposed Physical Mechanism Linking Changes in Solar Activity with some Aspects of the Weather | 11-20 |
| Pathak, R.S. and Sahoo H.K., Weber Transform of Certain Generalized Functions of Rapid Growth | 21-25 |
| Pease, R.S., The Electromagnetic Pinch: From Pollock to the Joint European Torus [Pollock Memorial Lecture. 1984] | 27-42 |
| Brown, R. Hanbury, Why Bother About Science? [Address on the Occasion of the Annual Dinner of the Royal Society of N.SW., 19th March, 1985] | 43-46 |
| Birch, Charles, Biology at the Frontier [Faculty of Science Centenary Lecture, The University of Sydney, 17th April, 1985] | 47-50 |
| Kirby, M.D., Science v. Law: The Next Century [Faculty of Science Centenary Lecture, The University of Sydney, 15th May, 1985] | 51-58 |
| Abstracts of Theses | |
| Fong, Joyce, Synthesis of GABA Analogues for Neurochemical Studies | 59 |
| Glasby, C., The Population Structure and Reproductive Biology of Ceratonereis limnetica (Polychaeta: Nereididae) at Lower Portland, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. | 60 |
Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.1-9
Science Centres and/or Science Museums for Australia
R.S. Bhathal
Abstract. Australia is at the technological crossroads, i.e. it can either go down the path of technological obsolescence or it can have a technological renaissance and ride on the back of new high technology industries. However, to do this it urgently needs to disseminate information on new science and technology not only to the general public but also to the school going population. In short, Australia needs to emulate the example of its industrial competitors by setting up full fledged science centres to provide the necessary information and hands-on experience in the fields of new science and technology since the major science museums in the country have tended to be more concerned with the display and interpretation of the products of smokestack industries. It needs to create these new institutions so that it can expect to have a constant supply of creative young people to take up careers in science and technology and thus provide the necessary ballast for an economic and industrial take-off in the 21st century.
Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.11-20
Proposed Physical Mechanism Linking Changes in Solar Activity With Some Aspects of the Weather
V. Kastalsky. C.B. Kirkpatrick and A.T. Daoud
Abstract. The proposed mechanism is based on a series of processes related to solar cosmic rays and is shown to be consistent with present observations and findings. The mechanism proposes that stratospheric ozone is partially destroyed with consequent fluctuations in temperature near the tropopause. These fluctuations are suspected to have drastic effects on the weather and hence the understanding of the proposed mechanism could lead to improved weather forecasting. Detailed elaboration of the mechanism will require the efforts of a multidisciplinary group.
Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.21-25
Weber Transform of Certain Generalized Functions of Rapid Growth
R.S. Pathak and H.K. Sahoo
Abstract. It is shown that the classical Weber transform
is a continuous linear mapping from a testing function space Gμa,binto Ha,b and also the inverse Weber transform Wμ-1 is a continuous linear mapping from Ha,b into Gμa,b. An operational calculus is developed and is applied to the solution of certain generalized differential equations.
Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.27-42
The Electromagnetic Pinch: From Pollock to the Joint European Torus
R. S. Pease
[Pollock Memorial Lecture for 1984 delivered at the University of Sydney, 28 November, 1984]
Introductory Paragraph. This review of the electromagnetic pinch starts with an exhibit taken from Pollock's work, carefully preserved and drawn to attention of modern research by Professor C. Watson-Munro. It is a compressed and distorted length of copper tube originally part of the lightning conductor on the Hartley Vale kerosene refinery in New South Wales (Figure 1). It was known to have been struck by lightning. Pollock and Barraclough (1905) from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sydney University carried out an analysis to see whether or not the compression could have arisen from the flow of electric current. They concluded that the compressive forces, due to the interaction of the large current flow with its own magnetic field could have been responsible for the compression and distortion. As far as I know, this is the first identified piece of observational data on the electromagnetic pinch; and the first theoretical discussion of the effect.
Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.43-46
Why Bother About Science?
R. Hanbury Brown, FRS
[Given at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Society of New South Wales at the Sydney Hilton, 19 March 1985]
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47-50
Biology at the Frontier
Charles Birch
[Address to the Faculty of Science Centenary Celebrations at the University of Sydney, 17 April, 1985]
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Vol. 118 parts 1-2, pp.51-58
Science v Law: The Next Century
The Hon. Justice M.D. Kirby, CMG
[Address given to the Faculty of Science Centenary Celebrations at the Great Hall, The Sydney University, 15 May, 1985. The Hon. Justice M.D. Kirby, CMG was, at the time, the President of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Sydney; Chancellor, Macquarie University, Sydney; and formerly Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission. The views stated are personal.]
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