Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh.
Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh.
Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press: c1999.
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T0360453
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English
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xiv, 494 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. From Consolidation to Revolution. Ch. 1. Fin-de-Siecle Physics: A World Picture in Flux. Ch. 2. The World of Physics. Ch. 3. Discharges in Gases and What Followed. Ch. 4. Atomic Architecture. Ch. 5. The Slow Rise of Quantum Theory. Ch. 6. Physics at Low Temperatures. Ch. 7. Einstein's Relativ...
Ch. 23. Cosmology and the Renaissance of Relativity. Ch. 24. Elements of Solid State Physics. Ch. 25. Engineering Physics and Quantum Electronics. Ch. 26. Science under Attack - Physics in Crisis? Ch. 27. Unifications and Speculations -- Pt. 4. A Look Back. Ch. 28. Nobel Physics. Ch. 29. A Century o...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press: c1999.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1999.
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"The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of x-rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses...
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Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. 461 -480.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 530.0904/4.
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c1999.
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T0360453
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0691095523 (pbk.)
9780691012063 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691012067 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691095523 (pbk.)
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530.09
530.0904
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991011488389702626
