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Crystal Clear - The Autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg (Hardcover)
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Crystal Clear - The Autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg (Hardcover)
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Crystal Clear takes you behind the scenes in the life of one of the
most prominent scientists of the twentieth century, William
Lawrence Bragg (WLB) - an innovative genius, who together with his
father, William Henry Bragg (WHB) founded and developed a whole new
branch of science, X-ray Crystallography. The main body of the text
contains the hitherto unpublished autobiographies of both WLB and
his wife, Alice. Alice Bragg was a public figure in her own right.
She was Mayor of Cambridge and National Chairman of the Marriage
Guidance Council among other roles. She and WLB were as different
as chalk and cheese. Their autobiographies complement each other to
give a rounded picture of the real personalities behind their
public appearance. They write of their travels, their family life,
their friends and their joys and sorrows. They write most of all
about each other. Their younger daughter, Patience Thomson,
provides anecdotes and vignettes, bringing her parents to life. She
has also included extracts from previously unpublished letters and
from articles which Alice Bragg wrote for National newspapers. The
result is an unusual insight into the lives of two distinguished
people. The two accounts reveal a fascinating interaction between
these two characters, neither of whom could have achieved on this
scale without the other. There is an underlying love story here
which humanises and transforms. This is a unique book, adopting an
original viewpoint, which will take the reader far beyond the scope
of a normal biography.
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