Author: Emilio Segrè
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716714811
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Hailed by the "Journal of the History of Astronomy" as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves
Author: Emilio Segrè
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716714811
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Hailed by the "Journal of the History of Astronomy" as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716714811
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Hailed by the "Journal of the History of Astronomy" as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
From falling bodies to radio waves
Author: Emilio Segré
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves
Author: Emilio Segrè
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486458083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to discoveries by Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486458083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to discoveries by Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
From X-rays to Quarks
Author: Emilio Segrè
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141039
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A Nobel Laureate offers impressions of the development of modern physics, emphasizing complex but less familiar personalities. Offers fascinating scientific background and compelling treatments of topics of current interest. 1980 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141039
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A Nobel Laureate offers impressions of the development of modern physics, emphasizing complex but less familiar personalities. Offers fascinating scientific background and compelling treatments of topics of current interest. 1980 edition.
Quantum Mechanics
Author: Louis Marchildon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662047500
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This fresh and original text on quantum mechanics focuses on: the development of numerical methods for obtaining specific results; the presentation of group theory and the systematic use of operators; the introduction of the functional integral and its applications in approximation; the discussion of distant correlations and experimental measurements. Numerous exercises with hints and solutions, examples and applications, and a guide to key references help the student to work with the text.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662047500
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This fresh and original text on quantum mechanics focuses on: the development of numerical methods for obtaining specific results; the presentation of group theory and the systematic use of operators; the introduction of the functional integral and its applications in approximation; the discussion of distant correlations and experimental measurements. Numerous exercises with hints and solutions, examples and applications, and a guide to key references help the student to work with the text.
Galileo Galilei
Author: James MacLachlan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199762309
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The scientific innovations of Galileo Galilei are pivotal to our understanding of the laws of the natural world. Drawing on his diverse studies in philosophy, mathematics, mechanics, music, astronomy, and engineering, Galileo developed revolutionary theories that thoroughly changed the disciplines of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and technology. Galileo Galilei traces the great scientist's education, describes his maverick experiments in Padua and Pisa, and recreates the ingenious pathway of his famous discoveries. Often censored and imprisoned for his radical ideas that clashed with fundamental Church doctrines, Galileo persisted in his pursuit of scientific truths to bestow upon future generations the inspiration to challenge conventional views. His theories about the motions of falling bodies, his study of pendulums, and his major discoveries in astronomy made with a self-built telescope are all clearly explained in this volume. Heavily illustrated with photographs, graphics, and technical schemes, Galileo Galilei also features a number of sidebars elucidating important details of the great mans contributions. Oxford Portraits in Science is a collection of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199762309
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The scientific innovations of Galileo Galilei are pivotal to our understanding of the laws of the natural world. Drawing on his diverse studies in philosophy, mathematics, mechanics, music, astronomy, and engineering, Galileo developed revolutionary theories that thoroughly changed the disciplines of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and technology. Galileo Galilei traces the great scientist's education, describes his maverick experiments in Padua and Pisa, and recreates the ingenious pathway of his famous discoveries. Often censored and imprisoned for his radical ideas that clashed with fundamental Church doctrines, Galileo persisted in his pursuit of scientific truths to bestow upon future generations the inspiration to challenge conventional views. His theories about the motions of falling bodies, his study of pendulums, and his major discoveries in astronomy made with a self-built telescope are all clearly explained in this volume. Heavily illustrated with photographs, graphics, and technical schemes, Galileo Galilei also features a number of sidebars elucidating important details of the great mans contributions. Oxford Portraits in Science is a collection of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.
A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segrè
Author: Emilio Segrè
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Born in Italy to a well-to-do Jewish family, Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) became Enrico Fermi’s first graduate student in 1928, contributed to the discovery of slow neutrons and was appointed director of the University of Palermo’s physics laboratory in 1936. While visiting the Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California in 1938, he learned that he had been dismissed from his Palermo post by Mussolini’s Fascist regime. Ernest O. Lawrence hired him to work on the cyclotron at Berkeley with Luis Alvarez, Edwin McMillan, and Glenn Seaborg. Segrè was one of the first to join Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, where he became a group leader on the Manhattan Project. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the antiproton. He was a professor of physics at UC Berkeley from 1946 until 1972. “[A] readable, absorbing, interesting autobiography... A valuable contribution by a person who witnessed the development of much of modern nuclear physics. Segrè’s description of the historic neutron experiments performed in Rome during the mid-1930s by Enrico Fermi’s group, of which Segrè was a member, is of inestimable worth.” — Glenn T. Seaborg, Physics Today “A Mind Always in Motion is Emilio Segrè’s account — published four years after his death in 1989 — of his personal life and his life in physics... It is absorbing, moving in places and frequently revealing. Segrè noted in his preface, ‘I have not sought to display manners and tact I never had, and I have tried to treat myself no better than any one else.’ He ably succeeded in these purposes.” — Daniel J. Kevles, Nature “For general readers with an interest in the history of nuclear physics, Segrè... is among the most personable witnesses.” — Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Born in Italy to a well-to-do Jewish family, Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) became Enrico Fermi’s first graduate student in 1928, contributed to the discovery of slow neutrons and was appointed director of the University of Palermo’s physics laboratory in 1936. While visiting the Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California in 1938, he learned that he had been dismissed from his Palermo post by Mussolini’s Fascist regime. Ernest O. Lawrence hired him to work on the cyclotron at Berkeley with Luis Alvarez, Edwin McMillan, and Glenn Seaborg. Segrè was one of the first to join Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, where he became a group leader on the Manhattan Project. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the antiproton. He was a professor of physics at UC Berkeley from 1946 until 1972. “[A] readable, absorbing, interesting autobiography... A valuable contribution by a person who witnessed the development of much of modern nuclear physics. Segrè’s description of the historic neutron experiments performed in Rome during the mid-1930s by Enrico Fermi’s group, of which Segrè was a member, is of inestimable worth.” — Glenn T. Seaborg, Physics Today “A Mind Always in Motion is Emilio Segrè’s account — published four years after his death in 1989 — of his personal life and his life in physics... It is absorbing, moving in places and frequently revealing. Segrè noted in his preface, ‘I have not sought to display manners and tact I never had, and I have tried to treat myself no better than any one else.’ He ably succeeded in these purposes.” — Daniel J. Kevles, Nature “For general readers with an interest in the history of nuclear physics, Segrè... is among the most personable witnesses.” — Publishers Weekly
The Scientific 100
Author: John G. Simmons
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806521398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In vivid biographical sketches, the author chronicles the lives and accomplishments of the world's most influential figures in science--chosen in consultation with members of the New York Academy of Sciences. Photos.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806521398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In vivid biographical sketches, the author chronicles the lives and accomplishments of the world's most influential figures in science--chosen in consultation with members of the New York Academy of Sciences. Photos.
The Discovery of Dynamics
Author: Julian B. Barbour
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195132025
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
"Originally published as Absolute or relative motion? volume 1, The discovery of dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1989".
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195132025
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
"Originally published as Absolute or relative motion? volume 1, The discovery of dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1989".
Introductory Physics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description