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Interview with William Frazer
No full textAn interview in March 1992 with Dr. William Frazer, professor of physics at UC Berkeley (emeritus since 1996).
As UC’s senior vice president for academic affairs (1983-1991), he oversaw the planning for Keck I, the first of the W. M. Keck 10-meter telescopes on Mauna Kea. He discusses the offer of funding from the Hoffman Foundation and its eventual withdrawal and replacement with Keck Foundation money. He recalls his interactions with UC president David Gardner, Caltech president Marvin L. (Murph) Goldberger, and Caltech provost Rochus E. (Robbie) Vogt, as the UC/Caltech partnership was put together; plans to have a Keck telescope and a Hoffman telescope; the uneasiness of the UC astronomers at the prospect of an equal partnership with Caltech; and the disagreement over the siting of the telescope’s headquarters in Hawaii
Portrait of Wm. L. Bowles, author of Fourteen sonnets, 1786 [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Inscriptions: "Author of Fourteen sonnets, 1786"--Below drawing.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s12-a1
Taboos and Primitivism: James Frazer, H.G. Wells, and the Intersection of Anthropology and Science Fiction
No full textA study of H.G. Wells's early scientific romances, The Time Machine and Island of Moreau, and the influence of Sir James G. Frazer. In 1890, Frazer published the first two volumes of The Golden Bough, sparking an interest among members of British Victorian society in comparative religion, "primitive" societies, and the universal stages by which civilization develops. This thesis traces a connection between Frazer and his anthropological perspective on Wells as a writer and social commentator.EnglishBachelors of Arts (BA
Portrait of M. Faraday, author of Chemical manipulation [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s14-a1
Portrait of Anna Maria Hall, author of Buccaneer [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s11-a2
Portrait of G.R. Gleig, author of The subaltern [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s8-a1
Portrait of Geo. Cruikshank, author of Illustrations of time [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s9-a2
John Soane, author of Design of buildings [picture] /
No full textTitle from inscription.; In: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s16-a2
Why did Frazer not do fieldwork?
No full textProbably the most famous story about the armchair anthropologist Sir James Frazer is about how, when asked by William James about doing fieldwork, he said, “But Heavens forbid!” I propose that it was rational for Frazer to avoid fieldwork given his theory of what is rational for so-called savages: to kill returning tribesmen and visitors, to protect against disease
Why did Frazer not do fieldwork?
No full textProbably the most famous story about the armchair anthropologist Sir James Frazer is about how, when asked by William James about doing fieldwork, he said, “But Heavens forbid!” I propose that it was rational for Frazer to avoid fieldwork given his theory of what is rational for so-called savages: to kill returning tribesmen and visitors, to protect against disease
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