I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to C…

- John Henry Carver

I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics.

- John Henry Carver

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

- John Henry Carver

In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four or five, and so there are a lot of things one ca…

- John Henry Carver

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him.

- John Henry Carver

My latter schooldays and my university days were during the war, when science - physics, in particular - was a very important and glamorous subject. …

- John Henry Carver