Biographical entry Freeman, Joan (1918 - 1998)

Summary

Joan Freeman began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set. She spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.

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Events

1939

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1941 - 1946

Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radiophysics Laboratory

1943

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1946 - 1951

Career position - Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK

1951 - 1978

Career position - Van de Graaff Accelerator Group at Harwell Nuclear Physics Division

1976

Award - Rutherford Medal received from the British Institute of Physics

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

• Freeman, Joan, A Passion for Physics: the Story of a Woman Physicist, Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1991, 240 pp. Details
• The Radiophysics Laboratory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, A Textbook of Radar, Angus & Robertson, Sydney; London, 1947, 579 pp. Author of Chapter 11. Details

Conference Papers

• Allen, Nessy, 'Cross-National Careers: the Interchange of Women Scientists to and From Australia', in Don Grant and Graham Seal (eds), Australia in the world: perceptions and possibilities: papers from the Outside Images of Australia Conference, Perth, 1992, Black Swan Press, Perth, 1992. Details

Online Resources

• 'Dr. Joan Freeman (Address for the Gordon Godfrey Inaugural Lecture - May 1993)', WISENET Journal, vol. 32, July, 1993, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/jfreeman.htm. Details
• 'In Memory: Joan Freeman, a Passionate Physicist, 1918-1998', WISENET Journal, vol. 48, July, 1998, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/issue48/obits.htm. Details
• Allen, Nessy, 'Joan Freeman - an Australian Nuclear Physicist', WISENET Journal, vol. 20, September, 1989, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/freeman.htm. Details
• 'Freeman, Joan', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754071. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'A Passion for Physics; Joan Freeman', Australasian Science, vol. Winter, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_freeman.htm. Details