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2 unusual facts about Government scientist


Government scientist

In Australia, most government scientists are employed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Experimental officers were either university graduates or people who had qualifications such as the Higher National Certificate, and were support staff for Scientific Officers.



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Robert Atherton Edwin

In October 1866 the versatile New Zealand government scientist James Hector, in his capacity as inspector of meteorological stations, proposed telegraphing weather information daily to and from each of 13 localities to assist shipmasters in navigation.

Robert M. Lindner

In 1954 the publication of "The Jet-Propelled Couch" as a two-part article in Harper's caused a small sensation with its tale of the mental crack-up of a key government scientist and his treatment by Lindner; the story bears some similarities to the much later book and film A Beautiful Mind.