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Jan. 26, 1927, Farnborough, Great Britain - July 9, 2005, Ottawa, Canada) Canadian electrochemist, 1946-1949 Imperial College, London University, thesis on -> electrocatalysis and corrosion inhibitors (supervisor J.O M. Bockris), 1949-1954 Chester-Beatty Cancer Research Institute with J.A.V. Butler on DNA, 1954-1955 post-doc at University of Pennsylvania with J.O M. Bockris (among other subjects -> proton -+ mobility, the effect of field-induced reorientation of the water molecule), since 1956 professor at the University of Ottawa (Canada), more than 400 publications on physical electrochemistry, electrode kinetics and mechanisms, - electrochemical capacitors. 

Son of a university teacher, Heyrovsky (Figure 1) has completed his formation in Chemistry, Physic and Mathematics at Charles University in Prague, in 1909. Considering his interests in physical chemistry and the lack of important schools of such subject in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in autumn of 1910, he went to London (University College), institution in which he obtained his Ph.D. three years later [10]. Not even the World War I (when he was recruited by Austro-Hungarian, serving on the medical corps) stopped him on his studies in the electrochemical field. 

The mechanisms by which nucleophilic substitution takes place have been the subject of much study Extensive research by Sir Christopher Ingold and Edward D Hughes and their associates at University College London during the 1930s emphasized kinetic and stereochemical measurements to probe the mechanisms of these reactions... 

Beecher HK. The measurement of subjective responses. London Oxford University Press 1959. 

The experimental positron physics group at University College London was initiated by Professor T.C. Griffith and Dr G.R. Heyland at the instigation of the late Sir Harrie Massey. We wish to record our gratitude to these three pioneers for their seminal contributions to positron collision physics and for introducing us to this fascinating subject. 

The best proven accuracy of such a system is between 3% and 5%. An investigation on the subject was carried out by BP Amoco Exploration by E. Smith and J. McAleese from the City University of London. These findings can be found on the Valve World website http //www.valve-world.net/srv/ ShowPage.aspx pageID=639. 

Battersea Polytechnic, in particular, attained considerable academic success, leading to an application for recognition as a School of the University of London in 1911.49 However, the application was rejected and only in recent times did Battersea gain university status as the University of Surrey. Battersea Polytechnic was organised into six main departments mechanical engineering and building trades, electrical engineering and physics, chemistry, women s subjects, art, and music. 

In the late 19th century, the chemistry departments of the constituent Colleges of the University of London had been involved in the discourse on the teaching of chemistry as a pure or applied subject, or somewhere in between.02 The antecedents of Imperial College (IC) certainly saw themselves as belonging to the applied camp. 

Robert Boyle, Occasional Reflections upon several subjects whereto is premis d a discourse about such kind of thoughts (London, 1665), p. 172. For the initial prompt for this discussion of twinkling stars, see J. H. Prynne, Stars, Tigers and the Shape of Words , William Matthews Lecture, Birkbeck, University of London, 1993. Prynne addresses this passage on p. 47. 

Investigators at the University College London evaluated data from more than ten thousand civil service workers. Compared with subjects who didn t report job-related stress, people who told of work stress three or more times over the span of the fourteen-year study had double the risk of metabolic syndrome, which includes elevated blood pressure along with other heart-related risk factors. People complaining of work stress typically were in jobs with high demands and low levels of control. 

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