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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Berkeley Lab Research Review
Author: Lawrence and His Laboratory
Author: J. L. HeilbronPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520341082
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science was born. Here we learn how Ernest Lawrence used local and national technological, economic, and manpower resources to build the cyclotron, which enabled scientists to produce high-voltage particles without high voltages. The cyclotron brought Lawrence forcibly and permanently to the attention of leaders of international physics in Brussels at the Solvay Congress of 1933. Ever since, the Rad Lab has played a prominent part on the world stage. The book tells of the birth of nuclear chemistry and nuclear medicine in the Laboratory, the discoveries of new isotopes and the transuranic elements, the construction of the ultimate cyclotron, Lawrence's Nobel Prize, and the energy, enthusiasm, and enterprise of Laboratory staff. Two more volumes are planned to carry the story through the Second World War, the establishment of the system of national laboratories, and the loss of Berkeley's dominance of high-energy physics.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Mathematics by Experiment
Author: Jonathan BorweinPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439865361
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This revised and updated second edition maintains the content and spirit of the first edition and includes a new chapter, "Recent Experiences", that provides examples of experimental mathematics that have come to light since the publication of the first edition in 2003. For more examples and insights, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational P
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
Book Description
Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Author: Dacher KeltnerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393073351
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“A landmark book in the science of emotions and its implications for ethics and human universals.”—Library Journal, starred review In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are “nasty, brutish, and short,” why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and cooperative societies? Illustrated with more than fifty photographs of human emotions, Born to Be Good takes us on a journey through scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy. Positive emotions, Keltner finds, lie at the core of human nature and shape our everyday behavior—and they just may be the key to understanding how we can live our lives better. Some images in this ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.
The United States Government Internet Manual
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Experimentation in Mathematics
Author: Jonathan M. BorweinPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439864195
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
New mathematical insights and rigorous results are often gained through extensive experimentation using numerical examples or graphical images and analyzing them. Today computer experiments are an integral part of doing mathematics. This allows for a more systematic approach to conducting and replicating experiments. The authors address the role of
Big Science
Author: Michael HiltzikPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451675763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A heroic time -- South Dakota boy -- "I'm going to be famous" -- Shims and sealing wax -- Oppie -- The deuton affair -- The cyclotron republic -- John Lawrence's mice -- Laureate -- Mr. Loomis -- "Ernest, are you ready?" -- The racetrack -- Oak Ridge -- The road to Trinity -- The postwar bonanza -- Oaths and loyalties -- The shadow of the Super -- Livermore -- The Oppenheimer affair -- The return of small science -- The "clean bomb" -- Element 103.