Quantum generations a history of physics in the twentieth century
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Quantum generations a history of physics in the twentieth century
Autor:
Helge Kragh 1944-
Assuntos:
Physics -- History -- 20th century
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FÍSICA (HISTÓRIA)
Notas:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-480) and index
Descrição:
Conteúdo: Fin-de-siecle physics: a world picture in flux -- The world of physics -- Discharges in gases and what followed -- Atomic architecture -- The slow rise of quantum theory -- Physics at low temperatures -- Einstein's relativity, and others' -- A revolution that failed -- Physics in industry and war -- Science and politics in the Weimar republic -- Quantum jumps -- The rise of nuclear physics -- From two to many particles -- Philosophical implications of quantum mechanics -- Eddington's dream and other heterodoxies -- Physics and the new dictatorships -- Brain drain and brain gain -- From uranium puzzles to Hiroshima -- Nuclear themes -- Militarization and megatrends -- Particle discoveries -- Fundamental theories -- Cosmology and the renaissance of relativity -- Elements of solid state physics -- Engineering physics and quantum electronics -- Science under attack--physics in crisis? -- Unifications and speculations -- Nobel physics -- A century of physics in retrospect
Editor:
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press
Data de criação/publicação:
c1999
Formato:
xiv, 494 p. ill. 24 cm.
Idioma:
Inglês
Disponível na Biblioteca:
IF - Instituto de Física (530.09 K89q 1999 )