Andrei Sakharov : quarks and the structure of matter / / Harry J. Lipkin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
| Andrei Sakharov : quarks and the structure of matter / / Harry J. Lipkin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| Autore | Lipkin Harry J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
539.72167
947.084092 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Quarks
Nuclear physics - History |
| ISBN |
1-299-46236-7
981-4407-42-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Quarks and Smuggled Postcards from Andrei Sakharov; Publicity to Help Sakharov and Refuseniks; The Harassment of Andrei Sakharov Despite His Scientific Achievements; Continuing Harassment of Andrei Sakharov; Appeals for Humane Treatment of Sakharov; Chapter 2. Andrei Sakharov and the Weizmann Institute; Sakharov's Contributions and Achievements; Chapter 3. TheWeizmann Institute and the Scientific History of Sakharov's Work; Following up the Formula in the Postcard; Why are There Always Too Many Particles?; Elements and Compounds; How To Test The Quark Theory
Updating the 1966 Mass FormulaHow Particles Behave Like Tiny Magnets; Chapter 4. How Scientists Study Nature-Pure and Applied Research; What is Scientific Research?; From Relativistic Quantum Theory to the Human Brain; Appendix; The Impact of Dirac's Positrons on My Own Career; Creative Questioning; Chapter 5. The Building Blocks of Matter-What is a Quark?; The Structure of Matter; How Accelerators are Used as Microscopes; Gaps in the Mendeleev Periodic Table; Why Particles Seem to be Made out of Quarks; Gaps in the Next Mendeleev Table; Excitement About New Particles Why these New Particles were so Confusing-A Historical SurveyThe New Mendeleev Table including all Three Generations; Chapter 6. The Forces of Nature; Gravity and Electromagnetism; Forces and Energy in the Nucleus; The Nuclear Glue; Chapter 7. The Weak Force and the Discovery of the W Particle; Index |
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Andrei Sakharov : quarks and the structure of matter / / Harry J. Lipkin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
| Andrei Sakharov : quarks and the structure of matter / / Harry J. Lipkin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| Autore | Lipkin Harry J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
539.72167
947.084092 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Quarks
Nuclear physics - History |
| ISBN |
1-299-46236-7
981-4407-42-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Quarks and Smuggled Postcards from Andrei Sakharov; Publicity to Help Sakharov and Refuseniks; The Harassment of Andrei Sakharov Despite His Scientific Achievements; Continuing Harassment of Andrei Sakharov; Appeals for Humane Treatment of Sakharov; Chapter 2. Andrei Sakharov and the Weizmann Institute; Sakharov's Contributions and Achievements; Chapter 3. TheWeizmann Institute and the Scientific History of Sakharov's Work; Following up the Formula in the Postcard; Why are There Always Too Many Particles?; Elements and Compounds; How To Test The Quark Theory
Updating the 1966 Mass FormulaHow Particles Behave Like Tiny Magnets; Chapter 4. How Scientists Study Nature-Pure and Applied Research; What is Scientific Research?; From Relativistic Quantum Theory to the Human Brain; Appendix; The Impact of Dirac's Positrons on My Own Career; Creative Questioning; Chapter 5. The Building Blocks of Matter-What is a Quark?; The Structure of Matter; How Accelerators are Used as Microscopes; Gaps in the Mendeleev Periodic Table; Why Particles Seem to be Made out of Quarks; Gaps in the Next Mendeleev Table; Excitement About New Particles Why these New Particles were so Confusing-A Historical SurveyThe New Mendeleev Table including all Three Generations; Chapter 6. The Forces of Nature; Gravity and Electromagnetism; Forces and Energy in the Nucleus; The Nuclear Glue; Chapter 7. The Weak Force and the Discovery of the W Particle; Index |
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A devotion to their science [[electronic resource] ] : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors
| A devotion to their science [[electronic resource] ] : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors |
| Autore | Rayner-Canham Marelene F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 307 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 539.7/52/0922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Rayner-CanhamGeoffrey |
| Soggetto topico |
Women physicists
Women chemists Nuclear physics - History Radioactivity - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-85448-8
9786612854484 0-7735-6658-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454534703321 |
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A devotion to their science [[electronic resource] ] : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors
| A devotion to their science [[electronic resource] ] : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors |
| Autore | Rayner-Canham Marelene F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 307 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 539.7/52/0922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Rayner-CanhamGeoffrey |
| Soggetto topico |
Women physicists
Women chemists Nuclear physics - History Radioactivity - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-85448-8
9786612854484 0-7735-6658-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Overview -- Early Years of Radioactivity -- Pioneer Women of Radioactivity -- The French Group -- Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family -- Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist -- May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry -- Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium -- Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist -- Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist -- Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps -- ... And Some Other Women of the French Group -- The British Group -- Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother -- Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled -- Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science -- Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy -- ... And Some Other Women of the British Group -- The Austro-German Group -- Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist -- Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes -- Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" -- Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity -- Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman -- Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission -- ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group -- Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation -- Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index |
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A devotion to their science : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors
| A devotion to their science : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors |
| Autore | Rayner-Canham Marelene |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 307 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 539.7/52/0922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Rayner-CanhamGeoffrey |
| Soggetto topico |
Women physicists
Women chemists Nuclear physics - History Radioactivity - History |
| ISBN |
9786612854484
9781282854482 1282854488 9780773566583 0773566589 |
| Classificazione | TB 3100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Overview -- Early Years of Radioactivity -- Pioneer Women of Radioactivity -- The French Group -- Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family -- Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist -- May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry -- Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium -- Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist -- Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist -- Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps -- ... And Some Other Women of the French Group -- The British Group -- Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother -- Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled -- Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science -- Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy -- ... And Some Other Women of the British Group -- The Austro-German Group -- Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist -- Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes -- Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" -- Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity -- Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman -- Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission -- ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group -- Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation -- Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index |
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A devotion to their science : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors
| A devotion to their science : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors |
| Autore | Rayner-Canham Marelene |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 307 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 539.7/52/0922 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Rayner-CanhamGeoffrey |
| Soggetto topico |
Women physicists
Women chemists Nuclear physics - History Radioactivity - History |
| ISBN |
9786612854484
9781282854482 1282854488 9780773566583 0773566589 |
| Classificazione | TB 3100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Overview -- Early Years of Radioactivity -- Pioneer Women of Radioactivity -- The French Group -- Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family -- Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist -- May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry -- Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium -- Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist -- Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist -- Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps -- ... And Some Other Women of the French Group -- The British Group -- Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother -- Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled -- Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science -- Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy -- ... And Some Other Women of the British Group -- The Austro-German Group -- Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist -- Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes -- Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" -- Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity -- Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman -- Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission -- ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group -- Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation -- Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index |
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Ernest Rutherford and the birth of the atomic age / / by Roberta Baxter
| Ernest Rutherford and the birth of the atomic age / / by Roberta Baxter |
| Autore | Baxter Roberta <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Morgan Reynolds Publishing |
| Disciplina |
530.092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Physicists - New Zealand
Nuclear physics - History |
| ISBN | 1-59935-275-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | New Zealand boy -- Off to other parts -- New rays and new research -- McGill and Montreal -- Transmutation? -- Winning the nobel -- Atomic models -- Honors and war work -- Back to Cavenish -- Legacy. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Profiles in Science |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162809403321 |
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| Morgan Reynolds Publishing | ||
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Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron
| Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron |
| Autore | Heilbron J. L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 539.7/092 |
| Collana | Oxford portraits in science |
| Soggetto topico |
Nobel Prize winners
Nuclear physics - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-802878-4
1-280-56415-6 9786610564156 1-4237-7437-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451611903321 |
Heilbron J. L.
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Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron
| Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron |
| Autore | Heilbron J. L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 539.7/092 |
| Collana | Oxford portraits in science |
| Soggetto topico |
Nobel Prize winners
Nuclear physics - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-028419-6
0-19-802878-4 1-280-56415-6 9786610564156 1-4237-7437-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cambridge and ray physics -- McGill and the explosion of atoms -- Manchester and the structure of atoms -- War and the promotion of science -- The center of physics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777643803321 |
Heilbron J. L.
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003] | ||
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Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron
| Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron |
| Autore | Heilbron J. L. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 539.7/092 |
| Collana | Oxford portraits in science |
| Soggetto topico |
Nobel Prize winners
Nuclear physics - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-028419-6
0-19-802878-4 1-280-56415-6 9786610564156 1-4237-7437-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cambridge and ray physics -- McGill and the explosion of atoms -- Manchester and the structure of atoms -- War and the promotion of science -- The center of physics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811756103321 |
Heilbron J. L.
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003] | ||
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