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The Long Road to Stockholm The Story of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - An Autobiography

ISBN: 9780199664542 | 0199664544
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/1/2013

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SummaryTable of Contents
In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from war time childhood that initially sparked his interest in physics to his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that eventually led to the award of the Nobel Prize in 2003. Peter Mansfield grew up in London, but was evacuated to Devon during the blitz and following the V1 and V2 attacks on London. At the end of hostilities, he worked briefly in the printing industry before deciding to pursue his real interests in science by joining the Rocket Propulsion Department at Westcott ... MORE
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The War Years
Rocket Science
Salad Days at University
Marriage and the American Dream
The Wanderers Return
Alt-Heidelberg, du feine
Krakow and the Lauterbur Epiphany
Hounsfield and EMI
The Golden Years
Brief Encounter with Technicare
Patent affairs at Nottingham
A New Vice Chancellor
Nobel Prize Speculation
Antagonisms to MRI
Beyond the Nobel
The Epilogue
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