Fire in the Belly
The history of the ANU physics research school from 1946 to 1996
The Research School of Physics and Engineering was established by the ANU Act 1946 and commenced in 1947 under the direction of Sir Mark Oliphant. To celebrate the School's 50th anniversary in 1996, Trevor Ophel and John Jenkin were commissioned to write a illustrated history - Fire in the Belly. This book is available in hardcopy from the School, and also on-line below.
- Genesis of a University and a School
- A Perspective
- Early Staffing - The ANU at Birmingham 1948-9
- The School moves to Acton - 1950
- The Later Years 1951-56
- The Early Buildings of the School
- "Hatched, Matched and Dispatched"
- A Shifting Foundation
- New Schools
- New Reporting Units
- The Metamorphosis of Particle Physics
- The Next Two Decades 1957 - 1976
- The Final Decade
- An Appreciation
- Workshop Facilities
- The Electronics Unit
- Postgraduate Research Training
- Physics Summer Schools
- Undergraduate Involvement
- The Cockcroft - Waltons 1951-1967
- The Electron Synchrotron 1955 - 1962
- The EN Tandem Accelerator 1960 - 1980
- The 2MV AK Van de Graaff (1962 - present) and the
- Helium Ion Source
- The 26 MeV Cyclotron Injector 1972 - 1980
- The 14UD Pelletron Accelerator
- The Linac - A Super-Conducting Booster
- The 74"
- The 50" - The Great Melbourne Telescope of 1868
- The 40"
- The 2.3m Advanced Technology Telescope
- Social Life of the Fifties
- School Activity
- Personalities of the School
- Sir Mark Oliphant 1950 - 1963
- John Jaeger 1964 - 1965
- Sir Ernest Titterton 1966 - 1973
- Robert Street 1974 - 1978
- John Carver 1978 - 1992
- Erich Weigold 1992 -
- Ken Le Couteur 1956 - 1985
- An Environmental Impact Statement
- Appendix I Foundation Members of the School
- Appendix II School Structure - 1952
- Appendix III School PhD Graduates
- Appendix IV Summary of School Records
- Appendix V Photograph Sources