Gwyn Jones (physicist)
Gwyn Owain Jones
Life
Jones was born in
As a physicist, Jones had a particular interest in work at very low temperatures (close to absolute zero). His department in London was one of the few places where experiments could be carried out within a couple of degrees of absolute zero, using helium as a refrigerant. Jones designed some equipment, made out of a motorcycle engine, to liquefy small amounts of helium for use by individual researchers, as opposed to the large-scale liquifiers used in other laboratories.[2] Although it carried out research in various topics in physics, the department at Queen Mary College under Jones became known for its specialisation in solid-state and low temperature physics, with Jones himself publishing many scientific papers in the field.[2]
He caused some surprise by leaving academia and becoming director of the
References
- ^ Peter Kalmus (20 July 2022). "G O Jones". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "G. O. Jones – Influential low-temperature physicist who forsook his professorial chair to direct the National Museum of Wales". The Times. London. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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