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Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century / Helge Kragh.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999.Description: xiv, 494 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0691012067 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530/.09/04 21
LOC classification:
  • QC7 .K7 1999
Contents:
Pt. 1. From Consolidation to Revolution. Ch. 1. Fin-de-Siecle Physics: A World Picture in Flux. Ch. 2. The World of Physics. Ch. 3. Discharges in Gases and What Followed. Ch. 4. Atomic Architecture. Ch. 5. The Slow Rise of Quantum Theory. Ch. 6. Physics at Low Temperatures. Ch. 7. Einstein's Relativity, and Others'. Ch. 8. A Revolution that Failed. Ch. 9. Physics in Industry and War -- Pt. 2. From Revolution to Consolidation. Ch. 10. Science and Politics in the Weimar Republic. Ch. 11. Quantum Jumps. Ch. 12. The Rise of Nuclear Physics. Ch. 13. From Two to Many Particles. Ch. 14. Philosophical Implications of Quantum Mechanics. Ch. 15. Eddington's Dream and Other Heterodoxies. Ch. 16. Physics and the New Dictatorships. Ch. 17. Brain Drain and Brain Gain. Ch. 18. From Uranium Puzzle to Hiroshima -- Pt. 3. Progress and Problems. Ch. 19. Nuclear Themes. Ch. 20. Militarization and Megatrends. Ch. 21. Particle Discoveries. Ch. 22. Fundamental Theories.
Ch. 23. Cosmology and the Renaissance of Relativity. Ch. 24. Elements of Solid State Physics. Ch. 25. Engineering Physics and Quantum Electronics. Ch. 26. Science under Attack - Physics in Crisis? Ch. 27. Unifications and Speculations -- Pt. 4. A Look Back. Ch. 28. Nobel Physics. Ch. 29. A Century of Physics in Retrospect.
Review: "The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of x-rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses of science, ranging from compact disks to bombs.As a historian, Kragh outlines the social and economic contexts that have shaped the field in the twentieth century. He writes, for example, about the impact of the two world wars, the fate of physics under Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, the role of military research, the emerging leadership of the United States, and the backlash against science that began in the 1960s.He also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-480) and index.

Pt. 1. From Consolidation to Revolution. Ch. 1. Fin-de-Siecle Physics: A World Picture in Flux. Ch. 2. The World of Physics. Ch. 3. Discharges in Gases and What Followed. Ch. 4. Atomic Architecture. Ch. 5. The Slow Rise of Quantum Theory. Ch. 6. Physics at Low Temperatures. Ch. 7. Einstein's Relativity, and Others'. Ch. 8. A Revolution that Failed. Ch. 9. Physics in Industry and War -- Pt. 2. From Revolution to Consolidation. Ch. 10. Science and Politics in the Weimar Republic. Ch. 11. Quantum Jumps. Ch. 12. The Rise of Nuclear Physics. Ch. 13. From Two to Many Particles. Ch. 14. Philosophical Implications of Quantum Mechanics. Ch. 15. Eddington's Dream and Other Heterodoxies. Ch. 16. Physics and the New Dictatorships. Ch. 17. Brain Drain and Brain Gain. Ch. 18. From Uranium Puzzle to Hiroshima -- Pt. 3. Progress and Problems. Ch. 19. Nuclear Themes. Ch. 20. Militarization and Megatrends. Ch. 21. Particle Discoveries. Ch. 22. Fundamental Theories.

Ch. 23. Cosmology and the Renaissance of Relativity. Ch. 24. Elements of Solid State Physics. Ch. 25. Engineering Physics and Quantum Electronics. Ch. 26. Science under Attack - Physics in Crisis? Ch. 27. Unifications and Speculations -- Pt. 4. A Look Back. Ch. 28. Nobel Physics. Ch. 29. A Century of Physics in Retrospect.

"The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of x-rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses of science, ranging from compact disks to bombs.

As a historian, Kragh outlines the social and economic contexts that have shaped the field in the twentieth century. He writes, for example, about the impact of the two world wars, the fate of physics under Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, the role of military research, the emerging leadership of the United States, and the backlash against science that began in the 1960s.

He also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

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