Obituary: Dennis Rosen
Moses, Vivian, The Independent (London, England)
IN RECENT years, writing grant applications and being assessed for everything under the sun leaves little opportunity for research scientists to take the traditional broad view. It was very different in the first two or three decades after 1945 when there was indeed time and opportunity to diversify. Dennis Rosen was just such a post- war scientist, with wide interests which he channelled progressively into issues of the public understanding and education of science.
Born in London in 1928, he was all ready on 1 September 1939 to join Dame Alice Owen's School for Boys in Islington, north London, but instead became one of those little lads with suitcase and gas mask who …
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Article title: Obituary: Dennis Rosen.
Contributors: Moses, Vivian - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: July 3, 1999.
Page number: 6.
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