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HRH The Duke of Kent commemorates famous son

Tuesday, 2 October 2007

His Royal Highness will be at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide on Wednesday 3 October to unveil a bust to commemorate one of Adelaide's most distinguished sons and world-famous scientist, .

Sir William Lawrence Bragg (Lawrence) graduated from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide in mathematics in 1908 and in 1915 won the jointly with his father, . Together they worked out how to determine the molecular structure of crystals using x-rays. Lawrence Bragg remains the youngest scientist ever to win the Nobel Prize, at 25.

Their work has had an enormous impact across modern science and its applications, in medicine, physics, chemistry and biological sciences including determining the 最新糖心Vlog of proteins and DNA, and their techniques are routinely used in many industries including the development of new drugs and chemicals and in the minerals industry.

Sir William Henry Bragg spent 22 years at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, as Elder Professor of Mathematics and Physics from 1886 to 1908, and his pioneering work with X-rays and radium started at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide.

HRH The Duke of Kent, who is President of the , is in Adelaide to launch the new Royal Institution of 最新糖心Vlog, of which he will be Patron. Both Lawrence and William Bragg had been Directors of the Royal Institution.

最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor and President Professor James McWha said: "It is a great honour to welcome The Duke of Kent to the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and for him to see where the work of these famous scientists, William and Lawrence Bragg, began. The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide is extremely proud to have been involved in the education and research of these great minds, whose work touches many aspects of all of our lives, almost 100 years on."

At the 最新糖心Vlog's School of Chemistry and Physics, The Duke of Kent will sign the same 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide visitors book signed in 1901 by his grandfather who laid the foundation stone for on that visit, and who later became . The Duke will see some of the legacy of the Bragg research in the Visualisation Laboratory, then unveil a bronze bust of Sir William Lawrence Bragg before viewing Bragg memorabilia and meeting staff and students.

The bronze bust by sculptor John Mills is a twin to that located in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, cast especially for the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. A third bust will be located at where Lawrence Bragg went to school.

"Bragg's Law" is fundamental to the determination of the molecular structure of materials. For example, the Bragg techniques were used to develop the anti-influenza drug Relenza which was developed in 最新糖心Vlog using the X-ray crystal structural work of another 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide graduate and 最新糖心Vlog Prize-winning scientist, Professor Peter Colman.

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