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How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes
| How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes |
| Autore | Townes Charles H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p. ) : ill., facsim., ports |
| Disciplina | 621.36/6/09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lasers - History
Masers - History Science and state - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786610470853
1-282-36732-3 1-280-47085-2 0-19-802863-6 9786612367328 1-60256-702-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Light That Shines Straight; 2. Physics, Furman, Molecules, and Me; 3. Bell Labs and Radar, a (Fortunate) Detour from Physics; 4. Columbia to Franklin Park and Beyond; 5. Maser Excitement--And a Time for Reflection; 6. From Maser to Laser; 7. The Patent Game; 8. On Moon Dust, and Other Science Advice; 9. The Rains of Orion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450093503321 |
Townes Charles H
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes
| How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes |
| Autore | Townes Charles H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p. ) : ill., facsim., ports |
| Disciplina | 621.36/6/09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lasers - History
Masers - History Science and state - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-773232-1
0-19-988242-8 9786610470853 1-282-36732-3 1-280-47085-2 0-19-802863-6 9786612367328 1-60256-702-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Light That Shines Straight; 2. Physics, Furman, Molecules, and Me; 3. Bell Labs and Radar, a (Fortunate) Detour from Physics; 4. Columbia to Franklin Park and Beyond; 5. Maser Excitement--And a Time for Reflection; 6. From Maser to Laser; 7. The Patent Game; 8. On Moon Dust, and Other Science Advice; 9. The Rains of Orion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783353403321 |
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Townes Charles H
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes
| How the laser happened [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of a scientist / / Charles H. Townes |
| Autore | Townes Charles H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p. ) : ill., facsim., ports |
| Disciplina | 621.36/6/09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lasers - History
Masers - History Science and state - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-773232-1
0-19-988242-8 9786610470853 1-282-36732-3 1-280-47085-2 0-19-802863-6 9786612367328 1-60256-702-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Light That Shines Straight; 2. Physics, Furman, Molecules, and Me; 3. Bell Labs and Radar, a (Fortunate) Detour from Physics; 4. Columbia to Franklin Park and Beyond; 5. Maser Excitement--And a Time for Reflection; 6. From Maser to Laser; 7. The Patent Game; 8. On Moon Dust, and Other Science Advice; 9. The Rains of Orion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827327303321 |
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Townes Charles H
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Make It Rain : State Control of the Atmosphere in Twentieth-Century America / / Kristine C. Harper
| Make It Rain : State Control of the Atmosphere in Twentieth-Century America / / Kristine C. Harper |
| Autore | Harper Kristine C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 551.680973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Weather control - United States - History
Science and state - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cold War
control of nature state funding the state water weather control |
| ISBN | 0-226-59792-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Weather Control: Scientific Fringe to Scientific Mainstream (1890- 1950) -- Part II. Coming to Grips with Weather Control (1950- 1957) -- Part III. Weather Control as State Tool (1957- 1980) -- Conclusion: Weather Control and the American State -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910727269303321 |
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Harper Kristine C.
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
| The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano |
| Autore | Portolano Marlana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.5/5092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Science and state - United States - History Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7914-7713-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""
""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis"" ""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy"" ""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452411803321 |
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Portolano Marlana
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
| The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano |
| Autore | Portolano Marlana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.5/5092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Science and state - United States - History Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-7914-7713-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""
""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis"" ""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy"" ""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779141103321 |
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Portolano Marlana
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
| The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano |
| Autore | Portolano Marlana |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.5/5092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History Science - Social aspects - United States - History Science and state - United States - History Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-7914-7713-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""
""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis"" ""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy"" ""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825059703321 |
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Portolano Marlana
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science and technology policy in the United States : open systems in action / / Sylvia Kraemer
| Science and technology policy in the United States : open systems in action / / Sylvia Kraemer |
| Autore | Kraemer Sylvia K |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.973/06 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science and state - United States - History
Technology and state - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-281-31656-3
9786611316563 0-8135-3947-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction: Open Systems -- 2. Technology and the Ideology of Free Markets -- 3. The Ideologies of Science -- 4. The Science and Technology Policy Toolkit -- 5. Science, Technology, and Political Authority -- 6. Open Systems in a Digital World -- 7. Open Systems in Outer Space -- 8. The Crisis in American Health Care -- 9. Fossil Fuels and Clean Air -- 10. Epilogue -- Appendix: Essay on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Altri titoli varianti | Science & technology policy in the United States |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910345156203321 |
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Kraemer Sylvia K
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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