Not only is the history of Harwell Campus fascinating, but we also use our facilities to look back deep into our history: whether that’s studying Samurai swords, the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs or understanding more about how Roman helmets were made.
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History of Science
Take a look at some of the most incredible inventions and discoveries throughout history, including some that were made right here at Harwell Campus. The site has undergone some massive changes over time, with an ever increasing number of scientific research organisations and facilities covering a plethora of fields.
People in Science
Celebrate the achievements of people both past and present from all walks of life, and their contributions towards advancing Science. Pictured here are physicists Ernest Rutherford (left) Edward Appleton (right) for whom the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is named. Rutherford was a pioneer of nuclear and atomic physics with the famous ‘Rutherford scattering experiment’ and the ‘Chemistry of radioactivity’ for which he won a Nobel Prize. Appleton was similarly awarded the Nobel Prize for his ‘investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere’ and confirmation of the existence of the ‘ionosphere’.
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