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6 produkter
Physics and the Sound of Music
Inbunden, 1991
3236 kr
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A clearly written and organized text on the production, propagation, and perception of the sound we call music. Organized into six major parts (each with three chapters) treating the sources of sound and production of musical sound; the propagation of sound and those environmental features that …
Rabi, Scientist and Citizen
With a New Preface
Häftad, 2000
616 kr
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This is a welcome reissue, with a new Preface, of John S. Rigden’s stellar biography of I. I. Rabi, one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century. Rabi’s discovery of the magnetic resonance method won him the Nobel Prize in 1944 and stimulated research leading to, among other …
Hydrogen
The Essential Element
Häftad, 2003
282 kr
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Seduced by simplicity, physicists find themselves endlessly fascinated by hydrogen, the simplest of atoms. Hydrogen has shocked, it has surprised, it has embarrassed, it has humbled--and again and again it has guided physicists to the edge of new vistas where the promise of basic understanding and …
Einstein 1905
The Standard of Greatness
Häftad, 2006
282 kr
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For Albert Einstein, 1905 was a remarkable year. It was also a miraculous year for the history and future of science. In six short months, from March through September of that year, Einstein published five papers that would transform our understanding of nature. This unparalleled period is the …
Physical Tourist
A Science Guide for the Traveler
Av John S. Rigden, Roger H Stuewer
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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Travelers differ.At one extreme are random travelers who see what they accidentally bump into.At the other extreme are the lock-step travelers who follow a banner (or a red umbrella) and look when and where a voice tells them to look. Between these extremes are the guide-book travelers who identify …
Physical Tourist
A Science Guide for the Traveler
Av Roger H Stuewer, John S. Rigden
E-bok, 2009
734 kr
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Travelers differ.At one extreme are random travelers who see what they accidentally bump into.At the other extreme are the lock-step travelers who follow a banner (or a red umbrella) and look when and where a voice tells them to look. Between these extremes are the guide-book travelers who identify …
