Cargando…
Solid state insurrection : how the science of substance made American physics matter /
Solid state physics--the study of the physical properties of solid matter--was far and away the most populous subfield of Cold War American physics. But despite prolific contributions to consumer and medical technology, such as the transistor and magnetic resonance imaging, it garnered much less pro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2018]
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Pure Science Ideal and Its Malcontents
- How Physics Became "What Physicists Do"
- Balkanizing Physics
- The Publication Problem
- Big Solid State Physics at the National Magnet Laboratory
- Solid State and Materials Science
- Responses to the Reductionist Worldview
- Becoming Condensed Matter Physics
- Mobilizing against Megascience.