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Cecil ''Arnold'' Beevers (27 May 1908 – 16 January 2001) was a British crystallographer, known for Beevers–Lipson strips, a computational aid for calculating Fourier transforms to determine the structure of crystals from crystallographic data, enabling the creation of models for complex molecules. ==Life and career== C. Arnold Beevers was born in Manchester, England.〔 His family moved to Liverpool and he attended the University of Liverpool, gaining a BSc degree in Physics in 1929, and a DSc degree in 1933. At Liverpool University, Beevers was influenced by Professor Lionel Wilberforce.〔 After he graduated, Beevers was invited to work on X-ray diffraction, together with Henry Lipson. The two scientists often visited the University of Manchester to seek advice from Lawrence Bragg. Subsequently, Beevers moved to a post at Manchester. Beevers explored the structure of the crystal Beta Alumina with Marion Ross at Manchester. They noted there were 'problem' sites in the areas occupied by mobile sodium ions. Subsequently the presence of these ions was discovered to make this crystal an efficient superconductor. As a tribute to their discovery, the locations of these ions are now known as ''Beevers–Ross sites'' and ''anti-Beevers–Ross sites''.〔 Beevers then had short appointment at the University of Hull, but in 1938 he became Dewar Fellow in Crystallography at the University of Edinburgh, a post that was jointly associated with the Departments of Physics and Chemistry. Beevers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh later in the same year. Beevers remained in Edinburgh for the rest of his life and was Reader in Crystallography at the University. Arnold Beevers was a Quaker and this influenced his approach to life and science.〔 He was involved with disabled people and this was important in his development of Beevers Miniature Models, ball-and-spoke molecular models used for education purposes, largely made by disabled workers, first produced in 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=(Cecil) Arnold Beevers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C. Arnold Beevers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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