Following the sun The pioneering years of solar energy research at The Australian National University 1970-2005

In 1970 a small group of physicists at The Australian National University decided to veer away from the accepted and expected directions in energy research and pursued the emerging discipline of solar energy. Over the next decade ANU joined a small cluster of research institutions, including the CSI...

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Main Author: Tennant-Wood, Robin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2012
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