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Author: Guillermo Curbera Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1439865124 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 336
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This vividly illustrated history of the International Congress of Mathematicians- a meeting of mathematicians from around the world held roughly every four years- acts as a visual history of the 25 congresses held between 1897 and 2006, as well as a story of changes in the culture of mathematics over the past century. Because the congress is an int
Author: Guillermo Curbera Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1439865124 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
This vividly illustrated history of the International Congress of Mathematicians- a meeting of mathematicians from around the world held roughly every four years- acts as a visual history of the 25 congresses held between 1897 and 2006, as well as a story of changes in the culture of mathematics over the past century. Because the congress is an int
Author: U.W. Gedde Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 940110543X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 301
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This book is the result of my teaching efforts during the last ten years at the Royal Institute of Technology. The purpose is to present the subject of polymer physics for undergraduate and graduate students, to focus the fundamental aspects of the subject and to show the link between experiments and theory. The intention is not to present a compilation of the currently available literature on the subject. Very few reference citations have thus been made. Each chapter has essentially the same structure: starling with an introduction, continuing with the actual subject, summarizing the chapter in 30D-500 words, and finally presenting problems and a list of relevant references for the reader. The solutions to the problems presented in Chapters 1-12 are given in Chapter 13. The theme of the book is essentially polymer science, with the exclusion of that part dealing directly with chemical reactions. The fundamentals in polymer science, including some basic polymer chemistry, are presented as an introduction in the first chapter. The next eight chapters deal with different phenomena (processes) and states of polymers. The last three chapters were written with the intention of making the reader think practically about polymer physics. How can a certain type of problem be solved? What kinds of experiment should be conducted? This book would never have been written without the help of my friend and adviser, Dr Anthony Bristow, who has spent many hours reading through the manuscript. criticizing the content.
Author: Ernst Homburg Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9780792348894 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 360
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Europe is the cradle of the modem international chemical industry. From the middle of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of World War I, the European chemical industry influenced not only the production and control of science and technology, but also made significant contributions towards economic development, as well as bringing about profound changes in working and living enviromnents. It is a highly complex heritage, both rich and threatening, that calls for close scrutinity. Fortunately, a unique opportunity to explore the historical development of the European chemical industry from a variety of novel standpoints, was made possible during 1993 as part of the European Science Foundation (ESF) programme called 'The Evolution of Chemistry in Europe, 1789-1939.' This process of exploration has taken place through three workshops, each dealing with different time periods. The workshop concerned with the period 1850-1914, which corresponds roughly to the so-called Second Industrial Revolution, was held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 23-25 March 1995. This volume is the outcome of that workshop. The other workshops dealing with European chemical industry were held in Liege in 1994, covering the First Industrial Revolution period, 1789-1850, and Strasbourg in 1996, covering the period between the two World Wars.
Author: Loren Graham Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9400970358 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 381
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Edward Gibbon's allegation at the beginning of his Essay on the Study of Literature (1764) that the history of empires is that of the miseries of humankind whereas the history of the sciences is that of their splendour and happiness has for a long time been accepted by professional scientists and by historians of science alike. For its practitioner, the history of a discipline displayed above all the always difficult but fmally rewarding approach to a truth which was incorporated in the discipline in its actual fonn. Looking back, it was only too easy to distinguish those who erred and heretics in the field from the few forerunners of true science. On the one hand, the traditional history of science was told as a story of hero and hero worship, on the other hand it was, paradoxically enough, the constant attempt to remind the scientist whom he should better forget. It is not surprising at all therefore that the traditional history of science was a field of only minor interest for the practitioner of a distinct scientific diSCipline or specialty and at the same time a hardly challenging task for the professional historian. Nietzsche had already described the historian of science as someone who arrives late after harvest-time: it is somebody who is only a tolerated guest at the thanksgiving dinner of the scientific community .
Author: H. Fröhlich Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642691862 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 234
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The articles in this volume are based on papers presented at the International Symposium in Bad Neuenahr November 29 - December 1, 1982. The meeting was directed by H. Frohlich and was sponsored by IBM Deutschland through its Science and Education Programs Department. Contents Coherence in Biology H. Frohlich . Coherent Excitations and Raman Effect F. Drissler and L. Santo (With 4 Figures) 6 The Non-thermal Effect of Millimeter Wave Radiation on the Puffing of Giant Chromosomes F. Kremer, C. Koschnitzke, L. Santo, P. Quick, and A. Poglitsch (With 4 Figures) 10 Nonthermal Resonant Effects of 42 GHz Microwaves on the Growth of Yeast Cultures W. Grundler, F. Keilmann, V. Putterlik, L. Santo, D. Strube, and I. Zimmermann (With 15 Figures) 21 On the Microwave Response of the Drosophila Melanogaster G. Nimtz (With 5 Figures) 38 Effects of Low-level Millimeter Waves on Cellular and Subcellular Systems S. M. Motzkin, L. Benes, N. Block, B. Israel, N. May, J. Kuriyel, L. Birenbaum, S. Rosenthal, and Q. Han (With 12 Figures). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Millimeter-wave and Far-infrared Spec roscopy on Biological Macromolecules L. Genzel, F. Kremer, A. Poglitsch, and G. Bechtold (With 10 Figures). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Excitation of Proteins by Electric Fields J. B. Hasted, S. K. Husain, A. Y. Ko, D. Rosen, E. Nicol, and J. R. Birch (With 8 Figures) 71 Isotope Effects and Collective Excitations M. U. Palma (With 3 Figures) 84 Long-range Energy Continua in the Living Cell: Protochemical Considerations G. R. Welch and M. N. Berry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Author: Elizabeth Truswell Publisher: ANU Press ISBN: 1760462942 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 247
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In the southern summer of 1972/73, the Glomar Challenger was the first vessel of the international Deep Sea Drilling Project to venture into the seas surrounding Antarctica, confronting severe weather and ever-present icebergs. A Memory of Ice presents the science and the excitement of that voyage in a manner readable for non-scientists. Woven into the modern story is the history of early explorers, scientists and navigators who had gone before into the Southern Ocean. The departure of the Glomar Challenger from Fremantle took place 100 years after the HMS Challenger weighed anchor from Portsmouth, England, at the start of its four-year voyage, sampling and dredging the world’s oceans. Sailing south, the Glomar Challenger crossed the path of James Cook’s HMS Resolution, then on its circumnavigation of Antarctica in search of the Great South Land. Encounters with Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the US Exploring Expedition and Douglas Mawson of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition followed. In the Ross Sea, the voyages of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror under James Clark Ross, with the young Joseph Hooker as botanist, were ever present. The story of the Glomar Challenger’s iconic voyage is largely told through the diaries of the author, then a young scientist experiencing science at sea for the first time. It weaves together the physical history of Antarctica with how we have come to our current knowledge of the polar continent. This is an attractive, lavishly illustrated and curiosity-satisfying read for the general public as well as for scholars of science.
Author: L Brown Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9781420050776 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 832
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Twentieth Century Physics, Second Edition is a major historical study of the scientific and cultural development of physics in the twentieth century. This unique three-volume work offers a scholarly but highly readable overview of the development of physics, addressing both the cultural and the scientific aspects of the discipline. The three volumes deal with the major themes of physics in a quasi-chronological manner. The first volume covers the early part of the century while the second and third volumes discuss more recent issues. In each case, the development of the theme is traced from its inception to the present day. The list of contributors includes Nobel laureates, fellows of the Royal Society, and other distinguished international physicists. Where appropriate, specialists in the history of physics have written their own commentaries, providing a valuable counterpoint to the physicists' perspectives.
Author: Raymond Flood Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 9780191528248 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 376
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Lord Kelvin was one of the greatest physicists of the Victorian era. Widely known for the development of the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, Kelvin's interests ranged across thermodynamics, the age of the Earth, the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, not to mention inventions such as an improved maritime compass and a sounding device which allowed depths to be taken both quickly and while the ship was moving. He was an academic engaged in fundamental research, while also working with industry and technological advances. He corresponded and collaborated with other eminent men of science such as Stokes, Joule, Maxwell and Helmholtz, was raised to the peerage as a result of his contributions to science, and finally buried in Westminster Abbey next to Newton. This book contains a collection of chapters, authored by leading experts, covering the life and wide-ranging scientific contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
Author: Guillermo Curbera
Author: Guillermo Curbera
Author: U.W. Gedde
Author: Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
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Author: Ernst Homburg
Author: Loren Graham
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Author: Elizabeth Truswell
Author: L Brown
Author: Raymond Flood