Colin Windsor, Fellow of the Royal Society

摘要

Who would have thought, seeing Colin Windsor flash past the car park on his bicycle every morning, that he is one of only just over 1,000 scientists who are Fellows of the Royal Society, probably the only one from NDT. The election process is rigorous and long drawn out, with only around 1 in 50 making it past the winning post. Candidates must be proposed by at least six existing fellows, and their published papers scrutinised by subject committees. Only when they have successfully negotiated these hurdles are they able to write their names in the book which also contains those of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton.