Planck : driven by vision, broken by war / Brandon R. Brown.
Planck : driven by vision, broken by war / Brandon R. Brown.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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G 2016/417
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Max Planck timeline -- October 1944 -- April 1943 -- Late May 1943 -- October 1943 -- January 1944 -- Winter 1943-1944 -- February 1944 -- April 1944 -- May 1944 -- July 1944: a celebration -- July 1944: an arrest -- August 1944 -- November 1944 -- January 1945 -- April 1945 -- May 1945 -- Coda: 194...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as 'the basis of all twentieth-century physics.' Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic proc...
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Planck : driven by vision, broken by war / Brandon R. Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
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©2015.
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G 2016/417
Record Identifier
74VKzKVmd7kA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzKVmd7kA
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ISBN
0190219475 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9780190219475 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
DDC
530.092
MMS ID
991023405379702626
