Anthony R. Michaelis

Anthony R. Michaelis (22 August 1916 – 18 October 2007) was a science journalist and publisher.^[1]

He was born Kurt Otto Adolf Michaelis, a doctor's son, in

After World War II Michaelis worked for the British Intelligence Objectives Committee, which investigated enemy scientific developments, and in 1946 he married Ann Aikman, with whom he was to have three children. His distinguished career as a science journalist and editor spanned several activities including the “BIOS project”, technical writing at “CIBA” and “International Telecommunication Union” in Switzerland.^{[citation needed]} Later he became a scientific film author in Australia, editor of the British magazine Discovery, science correspondent for The Daily Telegraph where he wrote daily reports on science and technology from 1969 to 1973.^[1] He was also the founding editor and publisher of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews.^[1]

Whilst at the Daily Telegraph, in 1968, Michaelis was the first person to coin and use the term "Pulsar" to describe the discovery of Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish of the "Pulsating Radio star" in 1967.

Michaelis became known as an expert on the subject of scientific cinematography. From 1950 to 1954 he worked at the University of Sydney and during this time wrote much of the textbook Research Films (1956, US).^[1] The National Library of Australia holds material related to the publication of this book.

He died in Heidelberg in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Books

• Overall Reports (editor), 1947
• Research Films, 1956
• Discovery (editor), 1955
• From Semaphore to Satellite, 1960
• The Scientific Temper, 2001

References

External links

• The Scientific Temper

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