Nobel laureates and twentieth-century physics
Using an original approach, Mauro Dardo recounts the major achievements of twentieth-century physics--including relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic and nuclear physics, the invention of the transistor and the laser, superconductivity, binary pulsars, and the Bose-Einstein condensate--as each emerg...
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2004
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction2. Founding fathers3. Highlights of classical physicsPart I. The Triumphs of Modern Physics (1901-1950): 4. New foundations5. The quantum atom6. The golden years7. The thirties8. The nuclear agePart II. New Frontiers (1951-2003): 9. Wave of inventions10. New vistas on the cosmos11. The small, the large - the complex12. Big physics - small physics13. New trends.
