Alan Cottrell

Biographic Data

ID5891688
NAMEAlan Cottrell
GIVEN NAMESAlan
FAMILY NAMECottrell
SIGNATURECOTTRELL A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
H-INDEX0

  • The Renaissance

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal2000

  • John Palsgrave as Renaissance Linguist

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal1999

    The year 1530 saw the publication in London of one of the most remarkable books of the Renaissance: Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse. The author of this vast work of over 1,000 pages was John Palsgrave, graduate of Cambridge, Paris, and Oxford, priest and chaplain to Henry VIII, and tutor to the King's sister. His book is the first dictionary of two neighbouring vernaculars, English and French, and simultaneously the first contrastive gram…

  • John Palsgrave as Renaissance Linguist

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal1999

  • Harwell – the first 50 years

    Alan CottrellARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1998

    The purpose of this essay is to celebrate a jewel in Britain's crown, the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, on the attainment of its fiftieth birthday. What has made it such a brilliant jewel has been its outstanding scientists and engineers, from the early heroes of the UK's atomic energy project through to today's resourceful entrepreneurs. Harwell is a powerhouse of advanced science which has driven many of Britain's post-war deve…

  • Vita di Federico di Montefeltro

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal1996

  • Lorenzo il Magnifico

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal1995

  • The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity

    Alan CottrellARTICLESixteenth Century Journal1994

    1. In Forma Leonis: the medieval city 2. Urbs or Civitas the Humanists' debate 3. A modern birthday for Renaissance Rome 4. Saecula Saturni et Iani: a second golden age 5. Roma Caput Mundi-Caput Orbis Terrarum

  • The importance of being imperfect

    Open AccessAlan CottrellARTICLEEuropean Review1993

    We imagine crystals as Platonic ideals of perfection, but real ones are always faulty and impure. Most could not even have formed without faults. The endless variety of crystalline nature, leading for example to mechanical strength, brittleness, plasticity, transparency, reflectivity, colour, electrical conductivity, transistor behaviour, phosphorescence and photographic sensitivity, is largely brought about by faults and impurities

  • Sunlight and Shadow in Applied Science

    Alan CottrellARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1992

    In this, the inaugural Finninston Lecture a plea is made for recognition of the vital importance of a strong scientific and technological base to the long term health of the British economy. The contributions made by Sir Monty Finniston, as Head of the Metallurgy Division at AERE Harwell from 1948 to 1958, to the UK nuclear energy programme are used as an illustration of this theme. Of particular note was his role as a champion of applied scienti…

  • Portrait of Nature

    James A Goldman, Alan CottrellARTICLELeonardo1977

  • The Contribution of Science to the Economy

    Alan CottrellARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1976

    United Kingdom Government have largely failed to inject science and technology into industry. Even had they succeeded, industry could not have afforded to use it. Massive industrial development is needed under conditions which favour technical improvement, to strengthen the national economy. Major taxation changes are advocated as a solution