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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454279503321

Titolo

Great solid state physicists of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Julio A. Gonzalo & Carmen Aragó López

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2003

ISBN

1-281-93568-9

9786611935689

981-279-526-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GonzaloJulio A (Julio Antonio)

Aragó LópezCarmen

Disciplina

530.41092

Soggetti

Physicists

Solid state physics - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Foreword               ; I The Braggs                   ; TheBraggs                ; William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)                                      ; William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971)                                         ; II Peter Debye                     ; Peter Debye - A Life for Science                                       ; Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye (1884-1966)                                             ; III John Bardeen                       ; John Bardeen (1908-1991)

Semiconductor Research Leading to the Point Contact Transistor                                                                     Electron-Phonon Interactions and Superconductivity                                                         ; IV Lev Davidovich Landau                               ; About L. D. Landau - the Great Physicist                                               ; Physics Nobel Prize Winner - 1962                                        ; V The Relevance of Materials Science

The Relevance of Materials Science                                         The Nobel Prize in Solid State Physics. Laureates

Sommario/riassunto

The <i>20th Century</i> has been called the Century of Physics. It could be even more appropriate to call it the <i>Century of Solid State Physics</i>. All the technological developments which had changed the world by the end of the century had been based upon previous



scientific developments in Solid State Physics.  The Braggs, Debye, Bardeen, Landau were certainly at the forefront of all those revolutionary changes. <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>The Braggs</li><li>Peter Debye</li><li>John Bardeen</li><li>Lev Davidovich Landau</li><li>The Relevance of Materials Science</li></ul><br><i>Readersh