British Atomic Scientist for Australia: Today's picture of Dr. William George Penney (42), one of the top scientists in the team that has produced Britain's new A-weapon. He will be one of the men to go to Woomera, the sits of the Australian rocket range, where this new weapon will be tested over its 3,000-mile range that extends to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Security precautions have changed British atom expert Sir William Penney's life, but his knight hood will not. February 27, 1952.