Author: Stuart W. LesliePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231079587
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Annotation -- New Scientist.
The Cold War and American Science
Author: Stuart W. LesliePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231079587
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Annotation -- New Scientist.
Understanding Moore's Law
Author: David C. BrockPublisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation
ISBN: 9780941901413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering. Supplementary
Author: Robert W. CahnOut of the Crystal Maze
Author: Lillian HoddesonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019505329X
Category : Solid state physics
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Focuses on the field of solid-state physics - also referred to as condensed matter physics - which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The history of some exciting developments is told here in an easy-to-follow text, accessible to general readers, while maintaining standards of high scholarship.
Fiber Optics; Principles and Applications
Author: N. S. KapanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiber optics
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Cold Wars
Author: Jean MatriconPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813532950
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
There is no temperature below absolute zero, and, in fact, zero itself is impossible to reach. The quest to reach it has lured scientists for several centuries revealing interesting and unexpected phenomena along the way. Atoms move more slowly at low temperatures, but matter at bareLy above absolute zero is not immobile or even necessarily frozen. Among the most peculiar of matter's strange behaviors is superconductivity3/4simply described as electric current without resistance3/4discovered in 1911. With the 1986 discovery that, contrary to previous expectations, superconductivity was possible at temperatures well above absolute zero, research into practical applications has flourished. Superconductivity has turned out to be a fruitful arena for developments in condensed matter physics, which have proved applicable in particle physics and cosmology as well. Cold Wars tells the history of superconductivity, providing perspective on the development of the field and its relationship with the rest of physics and the history of our time. The authors provide a rare look at the scientists and their research, mostly little known beyond a small coterie of specialists. Superconductivity provides an excellent example of the evolution of physics in the twentieth century: the science itself, its epistemological foundations, and its social context. Cold Wars will be of equal interest to students of physics and the history of science and technology, and general readers interested in story behind this remarkable phenomenon.
New Advanced Materials
Author: Patrick CohendetPublisher:
ISBN: 9780038719419
Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This report on materials is not a sequel to the five or six high-quality reports published in certain Community countries over the last few years, nor does it attempt to summarize them. Nor is it a technical summary of the state of the art in new materials. It is rather to be seen as a survey of economic dynamics and strategy, carried out for the purpose of prompting political and industrial leaders throughout the European Community to reflect in some depth on the subject of materials. The report is arranged in five parts : the first is concerned with a definition of materials, the second with structural materials and their influence on the reconception of industrial processes, and this part is complemented by the third, which looks at the three main sectors using structural materials (transport, packaging, building and public works). The fourth part analyzes functional materials and the way in which they affect basic components in the technological system (information, energy, biotechnology). The fifth and last part makes a strategic analysis for Europe (in the spheres of industrial strategies, the role of the authorities and developments in employment and skills).
From Classical to Modern Chemistry
Author: Peter J. T. MorrisPublisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 9780854044795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Most chemists today have either taken part in, or been affected by, the chemical revolution that has taken place over the course of the last century. Developments in instrumentation have changed not just what chemists do, but also how they think about chemistry. New and exciting areas of previously inaccessible research have been opened up as a direct result of this revolution. This is the first book to examine this instrumental revolution and goes on to assess the impact on chemical practice in areas ranging from organic chemistry and biochemistry to environmental analysis and process control, thus demonstrating how fundamental and extensive are the changes that have occurred. With contributions from internationally recognised specialists, this lavishly illustrated book provides a focal point for any historian of chemistry or chemist with an interest in this fascinating topic. This book is published in association with the Science Museum, London, UK and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia.