Author: Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5878726807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
With 3 portraits in collotype and 8 other illustrations.
Maxwell's Enduring Legacy
Author: Malcolm Longair
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.
A history of the Cavendish laboratory
Author: Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5878726807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
With 3 portraits in collotype and 8 other illustrations.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5878726807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
With 3 portraits in collotype and 8 other illustrations.
A History of the Electron
Author: Jaume Navarro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107005221
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
An intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107005221
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
An intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.
Recollections and Reflections
Author: Joseph John Thomson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108037925
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
This 1936 memoir by J. J. Thomson gives a fascinating picture of Cambridge scientific research during the period 1876-1936.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108037925
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
This 1936 memoir by J. J. Thomson gives a fascinating picture of Cambridge scientific research during the period 1876-1936.
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
Author: Harry Cliff
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385545665
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NAMED A BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2021 BY KIRKUS * An acclaimed experimental physicist at CERN takes you on an exhilarating search for the most basic building blocks of our universe, and the dramatic quest to unlock their cosmic origins. "A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is, and the journey matter takes from the Big Bang, through exploding stars, ultimately to you and me." (Sean Carroll) Carl Sagan once quipped, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” But finding the ultimate recipe for apple pie means answering some big questions: What is matter really made of? How did it escape annihilation in the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? And will we ever be able to understand the very first moments of our universe? In How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch, Harry Cliff—a University of Cambridge particle physicist and researcher on the Large Hadron Collider—sets out in pursuit of answers. He ventures to the largest underground research facility in the world, deep beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountains, where scientists gaze into the heart of the Sun using the most elusive of particles, the ghostly neutrino. He visits CERN in Switzerland to explore the "Antimatter Factory," where the stuff of science fiction is manufactured daily (and we're close to knowing whether it falls up). And he reveals what the latest data from the Large Hadron Collider may be telling us about the fundamental nature of matter. Along the way, Cliff illuminates the history of physics, chemistry, and astronomy that brought us to our present understanding—and misunderstandings—of the world, while offering readers a front-row seat to one of the most dramatic intellectual journeys human beings have ever embarked on. A transfixing deep dive into the origins of our world, How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch examines not just the makeup of our universe, but the awe-inspiring, improbable fact that it exists at all.
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385545665
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NAMED A BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2021 BY KIRKUS * An acclaimed experimental physicist at CERN takes you on an exhilarating search for the most basic building blocks of our universe, and the dramatic quest to unlock their cosmic origins. "A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is, and the journey matter takes from the Big Bang, through exploding stars, ultimately to you and me." (Sean Carroll) Carl Sagan once quipped, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” But finding the ultimate recipe for apple pie means answering some big questions: What is matter really made of? How did it escape annihilation in the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? And will we ever be able to understand the very first moments of our universe? In How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch, Harry Cliff—a University of Cambridge particle physicist and researcher on the Large Hadron Collider—sets out in pursuit of answers. He ventures to the largest underground research facility in the world, deep beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountains, where scientists gaze into the heart of the Sun using the most elusive of particles, the ghostly neutrino. He visits CERN in Switzerland to explore the "Antimatter Factory," where the stuff of science fiction is manufactured daily (and we're close to knowing whether it falls up). And he reveals what the latest data from the Large Hadron Collider may be telling us about the fundamental nature of matter. Along the way, Cliff illuminates the history of physics, chemistry, and astronomy that brought us to our present understanding—and misunderstandings—of the world, while offering readers a front-row seat to one of the most dramatic intellectual journeys human beings have ever embarked on. A transfixing deep dive into the origins of our world, How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch examines not just the makeup of our universe, but the awe-inspiring, improbable fact that it exists at all.
A Place in History
Author: Paul M. Wassarman
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199732043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew is the story of the influential 20th century scientific pioneer and winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199732043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew is the story of the influential 20th century scientific pioneer and winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Histories of the Electron
Author: Jed Z. Buchwald
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262524247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A biography of the electron and a history of the microphysical world that it opened up.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262524247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A biography of the electron and a history of the microphysical world that it opened up.
Cambridge Scientific Minds
Author: Peter Michael Harman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521786126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Since the 'scientific revolution' of the seventeenth century, a great number of distinguished scientists and mathematicians have been associated with the University of Cambridge. Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of three of the greatest figures in the entire history of science, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell. The chronological balance reflects the increasing importance of science in the recent history of the University. The book comprises personal memoirs and historical essays, including contributions by leading Cambridge scientists. Cambridge Scientific Minds will be of interest not only to graduates of the University, science students and historians of science, but to anyone wishing to gain an insight into some of the greatest scientific minds in history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521786126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Since the 'scientific revolution' of the seventeenth century, a great number of distinguished scientists and mathematicians have been associated with the University of Cambridge. Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of three of the greatest figures in the entire history of science, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell. The chronological balance reflects the increasing importance of science in the recent history of the University. The book comprises personal memoirs and historical essays, including contributions by leading Cambridge scientists. Cambridge Scientific Minds will be of interest not only to graduates of the University, science students and historians of science, but to anyone wishing to gain an insight into some of the greatest scientific minds in history.
J.J. Thompson And The Discovery Of The Electron
Author: E. A. Davis
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203484096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achievements of J.J. Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the discovery. It describes Thomson's early years and education. It then considers his career at Cambridge, first as a fellow of Trinity, later as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and finally as Master of Trinity and national spokesman for science. The core of the book is concerned with the work undertaken at the Cavendish, culminating in the discovery of "corpuscles", later named "electrons".; In the final two chapters, the immediate aftermath and implications of the work are described. These include the creation of the subject of atomic physics as well as the broader long term developments which can be traced from vacuum valves and the transistor through to the microelectronics revolution.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203484096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achievements of J.J. Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the discovery. It describes Thomson's early years and education. It then considers his career at Cambridge, first as a fellow of Trinity, later as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and finally as Master of Trinity and national spokesman for science. The core of the book is concerned with the work undertaken at the Cavendish, culminating in the discovery of "corpuscles", later named "electrons".; In the final two chapters, the immediate aftermath and implications of the work are described. These include the creation of the subject of atomic physics as well as the broader long term developments which can be traced from vacuum valves and the transistor through to the microelectronics revolution.
Reflections on Cambridge
Author: Alan Macfarlane
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9788187358503
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The traditions and creativity of Cambridge University have survived 800 years. In celebration, this first-ever combined historical and anthropological account explores the culture, the customs, the colleges and the politics of the revered institution. Having taught there for nearly forty years, the author sets forth a personal but also dispassionate attempt to understand how this ancient university developed and changed and how it continues to influence those who pass through it. This book delves into the history and architecture as well as the charm and the ghosts of Cambridge; it is for anyone who studies, teaches, visits, or is intrigued by this great intellectual centre.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9788187358503
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The traditions and creativity of Cambridge University have survived 800 years. In celebration, this first-ever combined historical and anthropological account explores the culture, the customs, the colleges and the politics of the revered institution. Having taught there for nearly forty years, the author sets forth a personal but also dispassionate attempt to understand how this ancient university developed and changed and how it continues to influence those who pass through it. This book delves into the history and architecture as well as the charm and the ghosts of Cambridge; it is for anyone who studies, teaches, visits, or is intrigued by this great intellectual centre.