Leader in ocean physics awarded in Prime Minister’s Science Prizes

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English - December 11, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.

This year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has gone to a mathematician who wondered how much heat is contained in a kilogram of seawater, while he was swimming in freshwater in Boston.

Trevor McDougall AC, Scientia Professor of Ocean Physics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales, has received the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, recognising “his transformative impact in the study of oceanography and ocean thermodynamics. “

Today Cosmos journalist Imma Perfetto talks to Scientia Professor McDougall about his work.

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