Mike Gore | |
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Born | Bolton, Lancashire, England | 5 September 1934
Died | (aged 87) |
Citizenship | Australian |
Occupation | Electrical engineer • physicist |
Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Leeds University |
Thesis | The design and development of a heterodyne beat frequency apparatus and some applications in dielectric constant investigations of fibre assemblies (1961) |
Influences | Established Questacon |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Electrical Engineering |
Michael Miles Gore AO (5 September 1934 – 8 January 2022) was a British-born Australian engineer, physicist, and science explainer, who worked at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was noted for being the founder of Questacon, the first interactive science centre in Australia.