LEADER 04282 am 22006853u 450 001 9910369931203321 005 20200630125556.0 010 $a3-030-26338-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-26338-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000009759132 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-26338-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5971780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5971780 035 $a(OCoLC)1135665126 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38685 035 $a(PPN)248603256 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009759132 100 $a20191021d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aObsessed by a Dream$b[electronic resource] $eThe Physicist Rolf Widerøe ? a Giant in the History of Accelerators /$fby Aashild Sørheim 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 $aCham$cSpringer Nature$d2020 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XXXIV, 511 p. 28 illus., 14 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpringer Biographies,$x2365-0613 311 $a3-030-26337-1 327 $aA Comfortable Home - Formative years 1902 - 1943 -- The World Awaits - The new life in Switzerland 1946 ? 1996 -- The Dark Chapter - Working in Germany during the war -- Treason Case number 3418 - The papers in the National Archives -- But There Was More - The papers in the British and American Intelligence Archives -- Why? - The unanswered question of why he went to Germany -- Postscript: The Letter from his Brother. . 330 $aThis Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was the betatron. He later went on to build the first radiation therapy machine, an advance that would eventually revolutionize cancer treatment. Hospitals worldwide installed his machine, and today?s modern radiation treatment equipment is based on his inventions. Widerøe?s story also includes a fair share of drama, particularly during World War II when both Germans and the Allies vied for his collaboration. Widerøe held leading positions in multinational industry groups and was one of the consultants for building the world's largest nuclear laboratory, CERN, in Switzerland. He gained over 200 patents, received several honorary doctorates and a number of international awards. The author, a professional writer and maker of TV documentaries, has gained access to hitherto restricted archives in several countries, which provided a wealth of new material and insights, in particular in relation to the war years. She tells here a gripping and illuminating story. 410 0$aSpringer Biographies,$x2365-0613 606 $aPhysics 606 $aParticle acceleration 606 $aCancer research 606 $aPopular Science in Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q29000 606 $aParticle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23037 606 $aCancer Research$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/B11001 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 610 $aPopular works 610 $aPhysics 610 $aParticle acceleration 610 $aCancer research 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aParticle acceleration. 615 0$aCancer research. 615 14$aPopular Science in Physics. 615 24$aParticle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. 615 24$aCancer Research. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 676 $a530 700 $aSørheim$b Aashild$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0843419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910369931203321 996 $aObsessed by a Dream$92175852 997 $aUNINA