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Richard Elliss Bodenham Makinson (5 May 1913 – 15 January 1979), known as R.E.B. or Dick Makinson, was an Australian physicist. He first enrolled as pupil number 1699 at North Sydney Boys High School and later completed secondary education at Sydney Church of England Grammar (Shore) School before studying at Sydney University. He contributed to the understanding of thermal conductivity in crystals. His work〔R. E. B. Makinson, ''Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc.'' 34, 474 (1938).〕 is cited in the classical book ''Introduction to Solid State Physics'' by Charles Kittel.〔C. Kittel, ''Introduction to Solid State Physics'', 8th Ed. (Wiley, New York, 2004).〕 He also contributed to the physics of amorphous semiconductors.〔R. E. B. Makinson and P. A. Roberts, ''Aust. J. Phys.'' 13, 437 (1960).〕〔R. E. B. Makinson and P. A. Roberts, ''Proc. Phys. Soc.'' (London) 79, 630 (1961).〕 This work is cited in the book ''Quantum Electron Theory of Amorphous Conductors''.〔A. I. Gubanov, ''Quantum Electron Theory of Amorphous Conductors'' (CB, New York, 1965).〕 During the Cold War, Makinson was suspected of communist sympathies and explicitly denounced by noted anti-communist William Wentworth. As a result, he was denied a number of teaching positions, including a research chair at Sydney University where he taught from 1939 to 1968. Dick Makinson was a friend and colleague of John Clive Ward〔F. J. Duarte, (The man behind an identity in quantum electrodynamics, ''Australian Physics'' 46 (6), 171-175 (2009). ).〕 and assisted in the creation of the physics program at Macquarie University where he obtained a position in 1968.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Makinson, Richard Elliss Bodenham (Dick) (1913 - 1979) )〕 In the late 1970s he was an active supporter of the successful Macquarie science reform movement.〔(F. J. Duarte, ''Laser Physicist'' (Optics Journal, New York, 2012) ).〕 Makinson died of cancer in 1979.〔 ==References== 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「Richard Makinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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