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Professor Neville Brown (born 8th April 1932) is a Doctor of Science in Applied Geophysics. Since 1994 he has been a senior member of Mansfield College in Oxford. His career has been heavily involved in the interaction between the humanities and physics, particularly on sky sciences. He studied economics with geography at University College London (UCL) and later modern history at New College, Oxford. Whilst carrying out his studies he worked as a forecasting officer in the meteorological branch of the Fleet Air Arm (1957-1960) where he specialised in upper air analysis. With particular assignments including working at two British coastal stations, gunnery trials and junior staff duties with the Mediterranean Fleet. During his studies he took on the role of field meteorologist on two School expeditions to sub-polar regions. ==Positions== Professor Brown has held several roles over the years. *1980 - Elected a chair in International Security Affairs at the University of Birmingham. *1981 to 1986 - He became the first Chairman of the Council for Arms Control - This is a British body drawn from parliament, during this time he was deeply involved in the multinational debate about Ballistic Missile Defence. *1990 - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. *1994 to 1997 - He was attached to the Directorate of Sensors and Electronic Systems (Within the Procurement Executive, UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), His role here was the Academic Consultant to the Official Pre-Feasibility study on what policy, if any, Britain should have on Ballistic Missile Defence. In 1998 a declassified version of the Fundamental Issues study he wrote was published by Mansfield College. *1995 - Conferred as Doctorate of Science in Applied Geophysics by the University of Birmingham *2000 - Editor for a very seminal Sino-European Conference in Beijing on Ballistic Missile Defence. 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「Neville Brown (geophysicist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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