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Huebener R. P (Rudolf Peter), <1931-> |
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A focus of discoveries [[electronic resource] /] / Rudolf P. Huebener, Heinz Luebbig |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-93831-9 |
9786611938314 |
981-279-035-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physical laboratories - Germany - Berlin - History |
Physics - Research - Germany - Berlin - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preamble; Preface; Contents; 1. The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens; 2. Some Memoranda at the Beginning; 3. The Start under President Hermann von Helmholtz; 4. The Institute as a Model; 5. The Optical Laboratory and the Birth of Quantum Theory; 6. The Low-Temperature Laboratory and the Discovery of the Meissner Effect; 7. The Chemical Laboratory and the Discovery of New Elements; 8. The Laboratory for Radioactivity; 9. The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein; 10. Counting and Measuring - Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards |
11. Fundamental Constants - the Best Information on Nature Available12. The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements; 13. The Presidents of the Institute until 1933; 14. The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning; Literature; Name Index; About the Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1887, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) was originally founded as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Berlin in order to promote basic research in physics. It subsequently developed into the largest research center worldwide as a place where scientists could concentrate exclusively on their research subject, and served as a model for similar institutes established in other countries.Within a very |
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