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Physics : the people behind the science /
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| Author |
Cullen, Katherine E.
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| Call Number |
j925.3 CUL |
| Publisher |
New York : Chelsea House, |
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Subject
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Physicists -- Biography.
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Physics -- History.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030238.html |
| Title Statement |
Physics : the people behind the science / Katherine Cullen. |
| Description |
xviii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
1. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727): The Law of Universal Gravitation and Three Laws of Motion -- 2. Michael Faraday (1791-1867): Discovery of Electromagnetic Induction -- 3. Max Planck (1858-1947): The Concept of Quanta of Energy -- 4. Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937): Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus -- 5. Lise Meitner (1878-1968): Nuclear Fission -- 6. Albert Einstein (1879-1955): The Theory of Relativity -- 7. Niels Bohr (1885-1962): A Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom -- 8. Louis de Broglie (1892-1987): The Foundation of Wave Mechanics -- 9. Richard Feynman (1918-1988): Development of the Theory of Quantum Electrodynamics -- 10. Murray Gell-Mann (1929- ): Classification of Elementary Particles and Their Interaction. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN |
0816054630 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| LCCN |
2004030238 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1072395 |
