John Henry Carver

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#father #handy #him #house #i

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#being #controlled #days #elder #meant

I was interested in nuclei originally with my deuteron photo work because that was one of the fundamental forces, and the measurement was basic to new science. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#because #forces #fundamental #fundamental forces #i

I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#mathematics #physics #pleased #university

The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#building #counters #doing #each #experiment