Abstract
Professor Sir Edward Bullard was honored by his Queen in 1975 as a “world leader in geophysics.” Each of those words is apt: “world”—because indeed the earth was his domain, in theory and field work, in civilized and remote regions, and at sea; “leader”—because after listening to and conversing with students and colleagues he edged them toward carrying out large ideas from half-formed thoughts; “geophysics”—a field between precise physics and imprecise geology that came into being only because a few outstanding and versatile scientists like Bullard could span the breadth. “Chance led me into geophysics at a wonderful time,” he said, “and it has been among the most rewarding experiences of my life to have played a part in the transformation of a backwater into a bandwagon” [Bullard, 1975b].
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