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Biographical contribution
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29 May 2020
Biographical contribution |
| 29 May 2020
| 29 May 2020
A scientific career launched at the start of the space age: Michael Rycroft at 80
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, University Walk,
Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
R. Giles Harrison
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, P.O. Box 243 Reading RG6 6BB, UK
Martin Füllekrug
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath,
Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
Betty Lanchester
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, University Road,
Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
François Becker
International Space University, 1 rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, Parc
d'Innovation, 67400 Ilkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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