Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Nuclear Physics in the 1990's
Author: D.H. FengPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483265315
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Nuclear Physics in the 1990's
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Proceedings Of Xxv Zakopane School On Physics - Volume 2: Selected Topics In Nuclear Structure
Author: Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814740810
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Vol. 2 will contain topics on the new discoveries in nuclear structure, nuclear reactions with heavy and light ions and investigation of few-body systems.
Quantum Generations
Author: Helge KraghPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214190
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among other fields. These subjects have fundamentally changed our understanding of space, time, and matter. They have also transformed daily life, inspiring a technological revolution that has included the development of radio, television, lasers, nuclear power, and computers. In Quantum Generations, Helge Kragh, one of the world's leading historians of physics, presents a sweeping account of these extraordinary achievements of the past one hundred years. The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Unlike most previous histories of physics, written either from a scientific perspective or from a social and institutional perspective, Quantum Generations combines both approaches. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses of science, ranging from compact disks to bombs. As a historian, Kragh skillfully outlines the social and economic contexts that have shaped the field in the twentieth century. He writes, for example, about the impact of the two world wars, the fate of physics under Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, the role of military research, the emerging leadership of the United States, and the backlash against science that began in the 1960s. He also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Combining a mastery of detail with a sure sense of the broad contours of historical change, Kragh has written a fitting tribute to the scientists who have played such a decisive role in the making of the modern world.
Cities and Their Vital Systems
Author: Advisory Committee on Technology and SocietyPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309037860
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of "telematics," the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Government Reports Annual Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
Future Energy Conferences and Symposia
Author: Scanned Probe Microscopy
Author: Grant J. MathewsPublisher: American Institute of Physics
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description