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The Bethe-Peierls correspondence /
This book contains the correspondence between Hans Bethe and Rudolf Peierls, two first-rate scientists who made important contributions to 20th century physics. The document collection is of great significance for our understanding of 20th century physics, but it also illustrates many interesting po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book contains the correspondence between Hans Bethe and Rudolf Peierls, two first-rate scientists who made important contributions to 20th century physics. The document collection is of great significance for our understanding of 20th century physics, but it also illustrates many interesting political and social aspects such as the life of émigré scientists from Nazi-Germany on both sides of the Atlantic and the political activities of nuclear scientists after the development of the atomic bomb. Furthermore, the letters exchanged between Bethe and Peierls facilitate the appreciation of in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 506 pages) : portrait |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-496) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789812771360 9812771360 |