Mention The Irish 51¶¯Âþ, and the name that springs to mind is Ernest
Walton, the only Irish-born science Nobel laureate, who won the prize for
physics in 1951. In fact, this yearbook edited by Charles Mollan from Samton in
Blackrock, County Dublin (£6 hbk, £3 pbk, ISBN 1 898706 08 5)
highlights the wealth of scientific activity in progress across the whole
island, described in easily digested chunks à la 51¶¯Âþ. Open it
for a laugh, and you’ll close it impressed.
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