"Subtle is the Lord-- " [[electronic resource] ] : the science and the life of Albert Einstein / / Abraham Pais ; [with a new foreword by Sir Roger Penrose] |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 552 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
530.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Physicists
Physics - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-75319-6
0-19-152402-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453315803321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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"Subtle is the Lord-- " [[electronic resource] ] : the science and the life of Albert Einstein / / Abraham Pais ; [with a new foreword by Sir Roger Penrose] |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 552 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
530.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Physicists
Physics - History |
ISBN |
1-383-00286-X
1-280-75319-6 0-19-152402-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782491003321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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"Subtle is the Lord-- " [[electronic resource] ] : the science and the life of Albert Einstein / / Abraham Pais ; [with a new foreword by Sir Roger Penrose] |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 552 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
530.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Physicists
Physics - History |
ISBN |
1-383-00286-X
1-280-75319-6 0-19-152402-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815918803321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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About the Oddities of Quantum Mechanics / / by Josef Honerkamp |
Autore | Honerkamp Josef |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (47 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Collana | Springer essentials |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum physics
Physics - Philosophy Physics - History Quantum Physics Philosophy of Physics History of Physics and Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-658-34578-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Emergence or supervenience -- Objects, features, relations -- Concepts in classical physics -- The oddities in quantum mechanics -- Resumé. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502981503321 |
Honerkamp Josef
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Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe [[electronic resource] /] / by Agustín Udías |
Autore | Udías Agustín |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) |
Disciplina | 001.2092 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Mathematics History Physics - History History of Science History of Mathematical Sciences History of Physics and Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-031-53008-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Athanasius Kircher’s life and works -- The museum and correspondence -- The books -- 3. The geocosmos and the interior of the Earth -- Short index of the twelve books -- Preface: Earthquakes and volcanoes -- The Earth center of the universe -- The interior of the Earth -- The oceans and seas -- The subterranean fire, water and air -- Fountains, rivers, and lakes -- The terrestrial element -- Nature of the geocosmos -- Fossils, subterranean animals, men, and demons -- Poisons in the subterranean world -- Metals and mines -- Chemical transformations -- "Panspermia", the origin of plants and animals -- Chemical work -- 4. Magnetism and the cosmic magnetic chain -- Early work on magnetism and the Earth’s magnetic field -- Kircher and magnetism -- Nature and properties of magnets -- Magnetic declination -- Observations of magnetic declination -- The magnetic map -- Causes of magnetic declination -- Magnetism as a cosmic and spiritual force -- 5. A space journey and the vision of the universe -- Introduction -- Preambles by Schott and Kircher -- Preamble by Schott -- Preamble by Kircher -- Dialog I: Journeys to Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Firmament -- Dialog II: God’s providence in the work of the World -- Ecstatic Journey II -- Dialog I: The water element and the universal principle of things -- Dialog II: The admirable arcane of the Geocosmos or Terrestrial World -- Dialog III: Ecstatic journey to the subterranean world -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Books on Athanasius Kircher published from 2000 to 2020 -- Appendix 2. Table of Contents of Mundus subterraneus -- Appendix 3. Table of Contents of Magnes sive de arte Magnetica -- Appendix 4. Table of Contents of Iter exstaticum coelestem -- Kircher’s Works Mentioned -- Bibliography -- Index by Names. |
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Udías Agustín
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Beams [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of Particle Accelerators and the Science They Discover / / by Volker Ziemann |
Autore | Ziemann Volker |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 198 p. 70 illus., 67 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 539.73 |
Collana | Copernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World |
Soggetto topico |
Particle accelerators
Particles (Nuclear physics) Physics - History Accelerator Physics Particle Physics History of Physics and Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-031-51852-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Accelerator Prehistory -- 3 Nature's Accelerators -- 4 The Echo of Rutherford's Call -- 5 The Cosmotron Meets the Strangeness of Physics -- 6 CERN and the Taming of the Zoo -- 7 A Monster Encounters Quarks -- 8 Spearheading Charm -- 9 The Tevatron and Generation Matters -- 10 Particle Horns of Plenty -- 11 Large Hadron Colliders -- 12 Future Accelerators -- 13 Special-Purpose Accelerators -- 14 Epilogue -- Timeline -- Selected Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910847073503321 |
Ziemann Volker
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A Biography of Our Sun : From Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics / / by Laura Pesce |
Autore | Pesce Laura |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 pages) |
Disciplina | 523.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Art - History
Physics - History Astrophysics Anthropology and the arts Solar Physics Art History History of Physics and Astronomy Anthropology of the Arts |
ISBN | 3-031-54729-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction to the Sun -- Chapter 2. Prehistory and the Beginning of History -- Chapter 3. Across the Ocean -- Chapter 4. The Old World -- Chapter 5. Asia -- Chapter 6. The Middle Ages -- Chapter 7. Rebirth -- Chapter 8. The Age of Enlightenment -- Chapter 9. Space, the Last Frontier -- Chapter 10. Contemporary Myths and Art Inspired by the Sun -- Chapter 11. Solar Energy -- Chapter 12. This Is the End. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910845080403321 |
Pesce Laura
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Bruno Touschek 100 Years [[electronic resource] ] : Memorial Symposium 2021 / / edited by Luisa Bonolis, Luciano Maiani, Giulia Pancheri |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 307 p. 128 illus., 93 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 539.72 |
Collana | Springer Proceedings in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Particle accelerators Mathematical physics Physics - History Particle Physics Accelerator Physics Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics History of Physics and Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-031-23042-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bruno “Burl” Touschek -- Bruno Touschek (1921-1978). The path to electron-positron collisions -- AdA at Orsay -- Bruno Touschek and Statistical Mechanics -- Role of Bruno Touschek in the Realization of the Particle-Antiparticle Colliders -- Adone, Asymptotic Freedom and QCD -- The Standard Theory and Theoretical Physics in Roma -- Detectors and Experiments at the Laboratory for Electro-strong Physics: a personal view -- From the hadronic string to quantum gravity and back -- QCD and Supercomputers -- Bruno Touschek and the physics at Frascati at the time of AdA and ADONE -- Accelerators at LNF: From AdA to EuPRAXIA -- Accelerator Physics at IJCLab-ORSAY -- Technical challenges for future accelerators -- The making of AdA: Bruno Touschek’s journey from Widerøe’s betatron to storage rings -- The Making of ADONE -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle physics -- String Theory -- Multi-Messenger Astronomy -- High Energy Physics and the European Strategy -- Circular Colliders in China -- Linear Colliders -- Remembering Bruno Touschek. |
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Bruno Touschek's Extraordinary Journey : From Death Rays to Antimatter / / by Giulia Pancheri |
Autore | Pancheri Giulia |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 pages) |
Disciplina |
539.72
530.092 |
Collana | Springer Biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Particle accelerators
Physics - History Measurement Measuring instruments Accelerator Physics History of Physics and Astronomy Measurement Science and Instrumentation |
ISBN |
9783031038266
9783031038259 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction (including about the European roads to particle colliders) -- Touschek came from Vienna -- The road from Norway: Rolf Widerøe and the Strahlentransformator -- Touschek and Widerøe during WWII: between Hamburg and Berlin -- Bruno Touschek in Germany after the War: 1945-46 -- Becoming a theoretical physicist in Glasgow: 1947-1952 -- A Laboratory on the hills: Frascati and the Italian road to particle accelerators -- Bruno Touschek in Rome: January 1953-June 1959 -- Touschek’s revolutionary proposal and the construction of a matter-antimatter ring in Frascati -- The French connection: from Frascati to the Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Orsay -- Bruno Touschek and Carlo Bernardini with AdA in Orsay -- Epilogue : After AdA. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910595053603321 |
Pancheri Giulia
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China's Space Programme : From the Era of Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping / / by S. Chandrashekar |
Autore | Chandrashekar S. |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
Disciplina | 629.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Outer space - Exploration
Astronautics Aerospace engineering Physics - History Space Space Exploration and Astronautics Aerospace Technology and Astronautics History of Physics and Astronomy Space Studies |
ISBN |
9789811915048
9789811915031 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Origins of China’s Space Programme -- Economic Reform and the Deng Era -- New Challenges to the Space Programme -- The Growth Phase of China’s Space Programme -- Strategic Trends and Future Directions -- Chinese Recoverable Satellites -- China’s Communications Satellites -- China’s Weather Satellites -- Remote Sensing Satellites -- China’s Navigation Satellite Constellation -- The Human Space Flight Programme -- Breakthrough Research in Space Science and Applications -- China’s Military Satellites. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910568288303321 |
Chandrashekar S.
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