Art & Heritage Collections
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is proud of its connections to the Braggs - Sir William Henry and his son Sir William Lawrence. Sir William Bragg was the Elder Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ from 1886-1908 and his son studied here and graduated in 1908 with First Class Honours in Mathematics. They went on to jointly win a Nobel Prize in 1915 for their work on solving the structure of crystalline materials using x-ray diffraction. A display of the Bragg material from our Physics Museum is on display in the newly established Royal Institution of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ - for opening hours visit: At the Royal Institution you will also be able to see a film on the Braggs, Driven to Diffraction, in which material from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Physics Museum and the Scientific Apparatus Collection was used to recreate the laboratory used by the Braggs for their Nobel Prize-winning work. Mirna Heruc, Manager, Art & Heritage Collections
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