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Wool to Weta: Transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy
Paul Callaghan
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Description for Wool to Weta: Transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy
Paperback. Victoria University physicist Paul Callaghan has given a series of public lectures around New Zealand, sponsored by the David and Genevieve Becroft Foundation and the Royal Society of New Zealand, entitled 'Beyond the Farm and the Theme Park'. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBN; KCG; KCM; KN; PDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 235.
Victoria University physicist Paul Callaghan has given a series of public lectures around New Zealand, sponsored by the David and Genevieve Becroft Foundation and the Royal Society of New Zealand, entitled 'Beyond the Farm and the Theme Park'. The lectures have been on the subject of sustainable wealth generation and culture change. Callaghan argues that if New Zealand keeps relying on tourism and farming we will fall all the way to the bottom of OECD rankings pretty quickly. What's the alternative? He argues that New Zealand's future lies in emerging industries based on science, technology, and intellectual property exemplified ... Read more
Victoria University physicist Paul Callaghan has given a series of public lectures around New Zealand, sponsored by the David and Genevieve Becroft Foundation and the Royal Society of New Zealand, entitled 'Beyond the Farm and the Theme Park'. The lectures have been on the subject of sustainable wealth generation and culture change. Callaghan argues that if New Zealand keeps relying on tourism and farming we will fall all the way to the bottom of OECD rankings pretty quickly. What's the alternative? He argues that New Zealand's future lies in emerging industries based on science, technology, and intellectual property exemplified ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869404383
SKU
V9781869404383
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99-3
About Paul Callaghan
Paul Callaghan was born in Wanganui, New Zealand. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, working in low temperature nuclear physics. On his return to New Zealand he began researching the applications of magnetic resonance to the study of soft matter at Massey University, and in 2001 was appointed Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences at Victoria ... Read more
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