03865nam 22010211u 450 991109766530332120251009142654.0979-88-8182-618-510.5040/9798881826185(CKB)2670000000616450(MiAaPQ)EBC2051669(VLeBooks)9780810875241(OCoLC)909370126(OCoLC)1396938890(UkLoBP)BP9798881826185BC(EXLCZ)99267000000061645020150206d2015 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHistorical dictionary of the British Empire /Kenneth J. PantonLanham, Maryland :Rowman and Littlefield,2015.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2015.1 online resource (xxxviii, 727 pages)Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical erasEditor's Foreword -- Map -- Chronology -- THE DICTIONARY -- Appendix A: Secretaries of State with Responsibilities for the Colonies -- Appendix B: The Changing Membership of the Commonwealth of Nations.0-8108-7801-1 0-8108-7524-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-726).Editor's Foreword -- Map -- Chronology -- THE DICTIONARY -- Appendix A: Secretaries of State with Responsibilities for the Colonies -- Appendix B: The Changing Membership of the Commonwealth of Nations."The Historical Dictionary of the British Empire contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and a dictionary section with more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as crucial aspects of the Empire's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture"--Provided by publisher.Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras.ImperialismHistoryDictionariesHISTORYEuropeGreat BritainbisacshREFERENCEDictionariesbisacshBritish coloniesfast(OCoLC)fst01910374Diplomatic relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01907412Imperialismfast(OCoLC)fst00968126Commonwealth countriesHistoryDictionariesCommonwealth countriesfastGreat BritainForeign relationsDictionariesGreat Britainfasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpPGreat BritainColoniesHistoryDictionariesDictionaries.fastHistory.fastDictionaries.lcgftImperialismHistoryHISTORYGreat Britain.REFERENCEDictionaries.British colonies.Diplomatic relations.Imperialism.909/.0971241003HIS015000REF008000bisacshPanton Kenneth J(Kenneth John),1945-1613241Bloomsbury (Firm),DLCDLCN$TEBLCPYDXCPIDEBKE7BCHVBKCDXU3GGILDSOCLCOK6UINARCOCLCQOCLCOOCLCLOCLCQEMRUNCLOUDUKKRTOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQOCLCAUtOrBLWBOOK9911097665303321Historical dictionary of the British Empire4709263UNINAEBook03854nam 2200613Ia 450 991114926790332120251116183340.01-283-90004-1981-4405-01-9(CKB)3280000000002158(EBL)1109707(OCoLC)826853975(SSID)ssj0000782542(PQKBManifestationID)11440292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782542(PQKBWorkID)10746212(PQKB)11406538(MiAaPQ)EBC1109707(WSP)00002841(Au-PeEL)EBL1109707(CaPaEBR)ebr10640586(CaONFJC)MIL421254(EXLCZ)99328000000000215820121119d2013 uy 0engurbuu|||uu|||txtccrReminiscences a journey through particle physics /Adrian Melissinos, University of Rochester, USA1st ed.Hackensack, NJ World Scientific20131 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4405-00-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1. Level Crossing; References; 2. Strange Particles; The Rochester Emulsion Group; The Low Energy - p Interaction; Analysis of Bubble Chamber Film at Rochester; The Ratio of K+/K- Lifetime; a Test of CPT Invariance; K+/K- Backward Scattering and pp Annihilations; References; 3. Deep Inelastic Scattering; Muon-Proton Scattering; The Sequel: μ - p 2; References; 4. The Rising pp Total Cross Section; The US-USSR Gas Jet Experiment; The Flying Wire; References; 5. Dimuons and Trimuons; The Landscape; The Rochester-Brookhaven Collaboration; The European Muon CollaborationReferences 6. The Cornell B-Factory; References; 7. Fourteen Orders of Magnitude; References; 8. Axions; What are Axions; Microwave Search for Cosmic Axions; Birefringence of the Vacuum; Shining Light Through Walls; References; 9. Lasers; The Laboratory for Laser Energetics; Radial Compression of Electromagnetic Fields; Visitor at LEP; References; 10. Matter From Light; Nonlinear QED; The Experiment and its Logistics; Results of the Experiment; Breakdown of the Vacuumby Laser Fields; References; 11. Photoinjectors; How it All Started; The A0 Photoinjector and the Drive Laser; The Big BlunderElectro-optic Sampling References; 12. The Earth Tides; Gravitational Wave Laser Interferometers; The Free-spectral-range (fsr) Channel; Tidal Frequency Shift; The Isotropy of Space; References; List of Figures; Attribution of Figures; Name Index; Subject IndexA personal recount in areas of particle physics and related fields as a research physicist for over 50 years, Adrian Melissinos' insights into the ways that general research was carried out, as well as the evolution of particle physics from 1958 to 2008 will prove valuable to science history enthusiasts, as well as particle physicists.Be it conventional accelerator experiments, the use of microwave techniques in search of cosmic axions, or taking advantage of high power lasers to observe light-by-light scattering, the excitement of searching for something new in the face of failures and thenNuclear physicistsUnited StatesBiographyParticles (Nuclear physics)ResearchHistoryNuclear physicistsParticles (Nuclear physics)ResearchHistory.530.092539.72Melissinos Adrian C(Adrian Constantin),1929-1228MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911149267903321Reminiscences4869495UNINA