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THE Charles Vernon Boys Prize of the Physical Society, given annually for distinguished research in experimental physics, is being awarded this year to Prof. S. Tolansky in recognition of his work in interferometry. The Prize will be presented at a meeting of the Society on October 8, when Prof. Tolansky will give an address on “Current Investigations with Multiple-Beam Interferometry”. Prof. S. Tolansky has held the chair of physics at the Royal Holloway College, University of London, since 1947, and has done extensive research work in optics and spectroscopy ; during the war years he was engaged on research in connexion with atomic energy.
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Physical Society of London : Award of Charles Vernon Boys Prize. Nature 162, 523 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162523d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162523d0