David E. H. Jones
David EH Jones ( born April 20, 1938 also known as Daedalus ) is a British chemist, journalist and author. He is the inventor in the fictional company DREADCO. The column of Daedalus began in the mid 1960s and was published in the weekly magazine New Scientist. Later he joined the journal Nature, and continued to work there for several years continued. Jones ' posts under the pseudonym Daedalus are related to the pataphysics. Similarities to the glosses of the historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson are also evident. The "inventions", the Daedalus imagines in his column, are often useless. But even for a scientifically educated public is not always obvious at first glance whether the Oddities would work in the manner described by Jones.
1962 doctorate Jones to Doctor ( Ph.D. ) in organic chemistry at Imperial College London. In 1974 he worked at the UK's University of Newcastle. He then became independent scientific management consultant in the industry, provided ideas and carried out scientific demonstrations for television. He sat as a guest continued his work at the University of Newcastle.
In scientific circles, he is best known for his pioneering theories for stability when riding a bicycle, continue to the discovery of arsenic in wallpaper from Napoleon Bonaparte and his seemingly functioning as a perpetual motion machine designs, one of which is in the Technical Museum in Vienna.
In Germany you know David Jones primarily for his participation in the TV show head to head.
Works (selection)
Jones also published among other books selected papers from his column, accompanied by additional drawings and sketches.
Sources, Web Links
- Article about the Napoleon wallpaper with photo of David Jones ( Grand Illusions - Articles - The Strange Story of Napoleon 's Wallpaper - Page 3 ) (English) www.grand - illusions.com. Retrieved on 2 April 2009.
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- Chemists ( 20th century)
- Journalist (United Kingdom)
- Briton
- Born in 1938
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