Herman Shaw
Encyclopedia
Dr Herman Shaw was a British geophysicist who was Director of the Science Museum
in London
, England
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He was a founder member of the British Society for the History of Science in 1947.
Science Museum (London)
The Science Museum is one of the three major museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is a major London tourist attraction....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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He was a founder member of the British Society for the History of Science in 1947.
Books
- Applied Geophysics, H.M.S.O. for the Science Museum (London), 3rd edition, 1938.