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From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (English and Italian Edition)

Emilio Segrè

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Description:A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segrè emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest. 1980 edition.IntroductionH. Becquerel, the Curies, and the discovery of radioactivityRutherford in the new world : the transmutation of elementsPlanck, unwilling revolutionary : the idea of quantizationEinstein, new ways of thinking : space, time, relativity, and quantaSir Ernest and Lord Rutherford of NelsonBohr and atomic modelsA true quantum mechanics at lastThe wonder year 1932 : neutron, positron, deuterium, and other discoveriesEnrico Fermi and nuclear energyE.O. Lawrence and particle acceleratorsBeyond the nucleusNew branches from the old stumpConclusionsAppendix 1. Stefan's law, Wien's lawAppendix 2. Planck's hunt for the blackbody radiation formulaAppendix 3. Einstein's heuristic argument for postulating the existence of light quantaAppendix 4. Brownian motionAppendix 5. Blackbody energy fluctuations according to EinsteinAppendix 6. Specific heat of solids according to EinsteinAppendix 7. A and B of EinsteinAppendix 8. J.J. Thomson's parabola method for finding e/m of ionsAppendix 9. Bohr's hydrogen atomAppendix 10. Quantum mechanics in a nutshell.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (English and Italian Edition). To get started finding From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (English and Italian Edition), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segrè emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest. 1980 edition.IntroductionH. Becquerel, the Curies, and the discovery of radioactivityRutherford in the new world : the transmutation of elementsPlanck, unwilling revolutionary : the idea of quantizationEinstein, new ways of thinking : space, time, relativity, and quantaSir Ernest and Lord Rutherford of NelsonBohr and atomic modelsA true quantum mechanics at lastThe wonder year 1932 : neutron, positron, deuterium, and other discoveriesEnrico Fermi and nuclear energyE.O. Lawrence and particle acceleratorsBeyond the nucleusNew branches from the old stumpConclusionsAppendix 1. Stefan's law, Wien's lawAppendix 2. Planck's hunt for the blackbody radiation formulaAppendix 3. Einstein's heuristic argument for postulating the existence of light quantaAppendix 4. Brownian motionAppendix 5. Blackbody energy fluctuations according to EinsteinAppendix 6. Specific heat of solids according to EinsteinAppendix 7. A and B of EinsteinAppendix 8. J.J. Thomson's parabola method for finding e/m of ionsAppendix 9. Bohr's hydrogen atomAppendix 10. Quantum mechanics in a nutshell.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (English and Italian Edition). To get started finding From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (English and Italian Edition), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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