Charles Gifford = Forgotten Kiwi Scientist – Presented by Robert Rea
Charles Gifford = Forgotten Kiwi Scientist – Presented by Robert Rea
By studying World War I battlefields, Charles Gifford who was a teacher at Wellington College developed the theory that lunar craters were formed by impacts. At the conclusion of the war the favoured theory was the lunar craters were volcanic. Gifford used mathematics to explain how meteors gave rise to craters.