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010 _a 99017903
015 _aGB99-W8612
020 _a0691012067 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm40734901
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_cDLC
_dUKM
_dC#P
_dOrLoB-B
050 0 0 _aQC7
_b.K7 1999
082 0 0 _a530/.09/04
_221
100 1 _aKragh, Helge,
_d1944-
_918088
245 1 0 _aQuantum generations :
_ba history of physics in the twentieth century /
_cHelge Kragh.
260 _aPrinceton, N.J. :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_cc1999.
300 _axiv, 494 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [461]-480) and index.
505 0 0 _gPt. 1.
_tFrom Consolidation to Revolution.
_gCh. 1.
_tFin-de-Siecle Physics: A World Picture in Flux.
_gCh. 2.
_tThe World of Physics.
_gCh. 3.
_tDischarges in Gases and What Followed.
_gCh. 4.
_tAtomic Architecture.
_gCh. 5.
_tThe Slow Rise of Quantum Theory.
_gCh. 6.
_tPhysics at Low Temperatures.
_gCh. 7.
_tEinstein's Relativity, and Others'.
_gCh. 8.
_tA Revolution that Failed.
_gCh. 9.
_tPhysics in Industry and War --
_gPt. 2.
_tFrom Revolution to Consolidation.
_gCh. 10.
_tScience and Politics in the Weimar Republic.
_gCh. 11.
_tQuantum Jumps.
_gCh. 12.
_tThe Rise of Nuclear Physics.
_gCh. 13.
_tFrom Two to Many Particles.
_gCh. 14.
_tPhilosophical Implications of Quantum Mechanics.
_gCh. 15.
_tEddington's Dream and Other Heterodoxies.
_gCh. 16.
_tPhysics and the New Dictatorships.
_gCh. 17.
_tBrain Drain and Brain Gain.
_gCh. 18.
_tFrom Uranium Puzzle to Hiroshima --
_gPt. 3.
_tProgress and Problems.
_gCh. 19.
_tNuclear Themes.
_gCh. 20.
_tMilitarization and Megatrends.
_gCh. 21.
_tParticle Discoveries.
_gCh. 22.
_tFundamental Theories.
505 8 0 _gCh. 23.
_tCosmology and the Renaissance of Relativity.
_gCh. 24.
_tElements of Solid State Physics.
_gCh. 25.
_tEngineering Physics and Quantum Electronics.
_gCh. 26.
_tScience under Attack - Physics in Crisis?
_gCh. 27.
_tUnifications and Speculations --
_gPt. 4.
_tA Look Back.
_gCh. 28.
_tNobel Physics.
_gCh. 29.
_tA Century of Physics in Retrospect.
520 1 _a"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.
520 8 _aAs 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.
520 8 _aHe 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.
650 0 _aPhysics
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_918089
650 4 _aPhysics
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_918090
900 _bTOC
942 _2lcc
_cMONOGRAPH
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_d122911