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Ajouter à ma liste d'envies William Shockley: The Will to Think Bo Lojek This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley’s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics – culminating with the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2021-05-26 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Going for Cold G. Terence Meaden , J. G. Weisend Ii This short but revealing biography tells the story of Kurt Mendelssohn FRS, one of the founding figures in the field of cryogenics, from his beginnings in Berlin through his move to Oxford in the 1930s, and his groundbreaking work in low temperature and solid state... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2021-03-03 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 63,29 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Pioneer of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jacobus C. Kapteyn Pieter C. Van Der Kruit This non-technical biography of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922) presents to the general reader the scientific life of the astronomer who pioneered the studies of the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. In telling Kapteyn’s story the author weaves in astronomy... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-12-28 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort Pieter C. Van Der Kruit This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century. The book puts into context some of Oort's most significant achievements, including his... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-12-28 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Laura Bassi–The World's First Woman Professor in Natural Philosophy Luisa Cifarelli , Raffaella Simili This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna and also the first woman to be appointed a university professor in physics, or universal... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-11-14 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 89,66 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Outbreak in the Village Douglas Jenkinson Outbreak in the Village is a fascinating account of the personal and professional journey of Dr. Doug Jenkinson, physician and researcher. Over the course of four decades in practice, Jenkinson traces the reemergence of whooping cough in the developed world, using his... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-09-02 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 31,64 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas Amy Abercrombie King , Christiaan Sterken Translated from the original French and annotated with figures, historical maps and commentary from the translators, this work is Jean-Charles Houzeau's account of his escape from Texas during the American Civil War. Houzeau was a Belgian astronomer who worked a couple... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-06-29 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Johannes Kepler Wolfgang Osterhage This book traces the development of Kepler’s ideas along with his unsteady wanderings in a world dominated by religious turmoil. Johannes Kepler, like Galileo, was a supporter of the Copernican heliocentric world model. From an early stage, his principal objective was... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-05-26 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Jayme Tiomno William Dean Brewer , Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim Jayme Tiomno (1920-2011) was one of the most influential Brazilian physicists of the 20th century, interacting with many of the renowned physicists of his time, including John Wheeler and Richard Feynman, Eugene Wigner, Chen Ning Yang, David Bohm, Murray... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-05-20 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 58,01 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Sophie Germain Dora Musielak This biography of the mathematician, Sophie Germain, paints a rich portrait of a brilliant and complex woman, the mathematics she developed, her associations with Gauss, Legendre, and other leading researchers, and the tumultuous times in which she lived. Sophie... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-03-23 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Robert Le Rossignol Deri Sheppard A principal aim of this first biography of Robert Le Rossignol, engineer of the Haber process, is to bring new evidence to the attention of the scientific community allowing a re-assessment of the origins of the 'Haber' process. However, the scope of the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-02-06 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Nico Bloembergen Rob Herber This biography is a personal portrait of one of the best-known Dutch physicists, Nicolaas Bloembergen. Born in 1920 in Dordrecht, Bloembergen studied physics in Utrecht, leaving after World War II for the United States, where he became an American citizen in 1958. At... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-11-25 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 58,01 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies On the Waves of a Pulsating World Vladimir Babitsky , Alex Gruzenberg Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world’s safest jackhammer and other record-breaking machines. The author has lived through a... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-11-13 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Obsessed by a Dream Aashild Sørheim , Frank Stewart This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-11-05 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub Gratuit PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies David Bohm Olival Freire Junior This authoritative biography addresses the life and work of the quantum physicist David Bohm. Although quantum physics is considered the soundest physical theory, its strange and paradoxical features have challenged - and continue to challenge - even the brightest... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-09-05 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 60,12 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology Francis Duck , Francis Duck , Adrian Thomas This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-07-01 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Pietro Blaserna and the Birth of the Institute of Physics in Rome Miriam Focaccia This book draws upon a wealth of archival material to present the life and achievements of Pietro Blaserna, a “gentleman scientist” whose greatest legacy is considered to be the Institute of Physics on the Via Panisperna in Rome, of which he was the creator and first... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-04-30 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Imperial Biologists Hideo Mohri , Yoko Kawazoe , Hideo Mohri This book sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Imperial family of Japan: For three generations, members of the family have devoted themselves to biological research. Emperor Showa (Hirohito) was an expert on hydrozoans and slime molds. His son, Emperor Akihito,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-03-26 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Annemarie De Knecht-Van Eekelen , Gerd Rosenbusch This book, which will appeal to all with an interest in the history of radiology and physics, casts new light on the life and career of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, showing how his personality was shaped by his youth in the Netherlands and his teachers in Switzerland. Beyond... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-03-20 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 42,19 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Ludwig Prandtl Michael Eckert , David Tigwell This is a comprehensive biography of Ludwig Prandtl (1875-1953), the father of modern aerodynamics. His name is associated most famously with the boundary layer concept, but also with several other topics in 20th century fluid mechanics, particularly turbulence... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-02-25 Collection : Springer Biographies PDF, ePub 105,49 € PDF ePub
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