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| Autore principale: | Kragh, Helge, 1944-
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| Titolo: | Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh. |
| Pubblicazione: | Princeton : Princeton university press, c1999. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIV, 494 p. ; 25 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Preface. Pt. 1. From consolidation to revolution: 1. Fin-de siècle physics: a world picture in flux 2. The world of physics 3. Discharges in gases and what followed 4. Atomic architecture 5. The slow rise of quantum theory 6. Physics at low temperatures 7. Einstein's relativity, and others' 8. A revolution that failed 9. Physics in industry and war. Pt. 2. From revolution to consolidation: 10. Science and politics in the Weimar republic 11. Quantum jumps 12. The rise of nuclear-physics 13. From two to many particles 14. Philosophical implications of quantum mechanics 15. Eddington's dream and other heterodoxies 16. Physics and the new dictatorships 17. Brain drain and brain gain 18. From uranium puzzle to Hiroshima. Pt. 3. Progress and problems: 19. Nuclear themes 20. Militarization and megatrends 21. Particle discoveries 22. Fundamental theories 23. Cosmology and the renaissance of relativity 24. Elements of solid state physics 25. Engineering physics and quantum electronics 26. Science under attack-physics an crisis? 27. Unification and speculations. Pt. 4. A look back: 28. Nobel physics 29. A century of physics in retrospect. Appendix. Bibliography. Index |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| ISBN: | 0691012067 |
| Discipline: | Fisica teorica--Studi. Fisica atomica, nucleare e subnucleare--Studi. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XX. |
| Correlato a: |  Butterfield, Jeremy Recensione]. |
| Collocazione: | LS 10782 |
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