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17 produkter
Critical Assembly
A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Paul W. Henriksen m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
585 kr
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This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines, collaborated to create a new approach to …
Out of the Crystal Maze
Chapters from the History of Solid-State Physics
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Ernest Braun m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
4460 kr
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This monumental work focuses on the field of solid-state physics -- now more properly referred to as condensed-matter physics -- which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The questions that were posed, and answered, during this period, regarding the structure of solid matter and why some …
Out of the Crystal Maze
Chapters from The History of Solid State Physics
Av Spencer Weart, Jurgen Teichmann m. fl.
E-bok, 1992
2475 kr
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This landmark work chronicles the origin and evolution of solid state physics, which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The book examines the early roots of the field in industrial, scientific and artistic efforts and traces them through the 1950s, when many physicists around the world …
Fermilab
Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Adrienne W. Kolb m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
347 kr
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, has stood at the frontier of high-energy physics for forty years. "Fermilab" is the first history of this laboratory and of its powerful accelerators told from the point of view of the people who built and used them …
Fermilab
Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
Av Catherine Westfall, Adrienne W. Kolb m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
697 kr
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, has stood at the frontier of high-energy physics for forty years. Fermilab is the first history of this laboratory and of its powerful accelerators told from the point of view of the people who built and used them for …
Tunnel Visions
The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider
Av Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
348 kr
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Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan …
No Boundaries
UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS VIGNETTES
Häftad, 2004
303 kr
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Like any great university, the University of Illinois owes its prominence to the excellence of its faculty. In Lillian Hoddeson's No Boundaries, twenty-three scholars provide easily accessible vignettes about University of Illinois faculty who have made major contributions to their fields, to …
Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Av Peter Garrett, Lillian Hoddeson
E-bok, 2018
725 kr
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The first full-length biography of a brilliant, self-taught inventor whose innovations in information and energy technology continue to shape our world. The Economist called Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922–2012) “the Edison of our age,” but this apt comparison doesn''t capture the full range of his …
Man Who Saw Tomorrow
The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Peter Garrett
Häftad, 2024
868 kr
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Crystal Fire
The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age
Av Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson
Häftad, 1998
314 kr
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On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power flowing from the germanium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born. No other devices …
Pions to Quarks
Particle Physics in the 1950s
Av Laurie Mark Brown, Max Dresden m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
944 kr
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Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden and Lillian Hoddeson have assembled a prestigious group of physicists and historians of science to present a broadly balanced picture of this exciting scientific era that witnessed the coming of age of particle physics and its development into 'big science'. The …
The Birth of Particle Physics
Av Laurie M. Brown, Laurie M. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
642 kr
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Editors Laurie Brown and Lillian Hoddeson have brought together a distinctive collection of essays, discussions, and personal descriptions of the evolution of particle physics based on the presentations and discussions at the May 1980 International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics, held …
Critical Assembly
A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Paul W. Henriksen m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1809 kr
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This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines, collaborated to create a new approach to …
The Rise of the Standard Model
A History of Particle Physics from 1964 to 1979
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
771 kr
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Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan have brought together a distinguished group of elementary particle physicists and historians of science to explore the recent history of particle physics. Based on a conference held at Stanford University, this is the third …
Tunnel Visions
The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider
Av Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
398 kr
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Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan …
True Genius
The Life and Science of John Bardeen: The Only Winner of Two Nobel Prizes in Physics
Av Vicki Daitch, Lillian Hoddeson
Häftad, 2002
322 kr
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What is genius? Define it. Now think of scientists who embody the concept of genius. Does the name John Bardeen spring to mind? Indeed, have you ever heard of him? Like so much in modern life, immediate name recognition often rests on a cult of personality. We know Einstein, for example, not just …
Rise of the Standard Model
A History of Particle Physics from 1964 to 1979
Av Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1157 kr
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Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan have brought together a distinguished group of elementary particle physicists and historians of science to explore the recent history of particle physics. Based on a conference held at Stanford University, this is the third …
