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Nobel lectures, including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies. Physics, 1963-1970 :

Physics: 1963-1970 focuses on the history, developments, and trends in physics, including the applications of lasers, semiconductors, and electrodynamics. The book first offers information on events, laws of nature, and invariance principles and the shell model. Topics include magic numbers, atomic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier Pub. Co. for the Nobel Foundation, 1972.
Colección:Nobel lectures, including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Physics, 1963-1970 ; Copyright Page; Foreword; Publisher's Note; Table of Contents; Part I: Physics 1963; Chapter 1. Events, laws of nature, and invariance principles; Events and Laws of Nature; Laws of Nature and Invariance; The Use of Invariance Principles, Approximate Invariances; Chapter 2. Biography; Chapter 3. The shell model; 1. Models; 2. Magic numbers; 3. The atomic analogue; 4. Individual orbits in the nucleus; 5. Nuclear shells; 6. Predictions of the shell model; 7. Failures of the shell model; Chapter 4. Biography.
  • Chapter 5. Glimpses at the history of the nuclear structure theoryChapter 6. Biography; Part II: Physics 1964; Chapater 7. Production of coherent radiation by atoms and molecules; Basic Maser Principles; Maser Clocks and Amplifiers; Optical and Infrared Masers, or Lasers; Present Performance of Lasers; Some Applications of Lasers; The Phonon Maser; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8. Biography; Chapter 9. Semiconductor lasers; I. Conditions for the Production of Negative Temperature in Semiconductors; II. Methods of Obtaining States with Negative Temperature in Semiconductors.
  • III. Semiconductor LasersChapter 10. Biography; Chapter 11. Quantum electronics; Chapter 12. Biography; Part III: Physics 1965; Chapter 13. Development of quantum electrodynamics; Personal recollections; Chapter 14. Biography; Chapter 15. Relativistic quantum field theory; Chapter 16. Biography; Chapter 17. The development of the space-time view of quantum electrodynamics; Chapter 18. Biography; Part IV: Physics 1966; Chapter 19. Optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances; Bibliography; Chapter 20. Biography; Part V: Physics 1967; Chapter 21. Energy production in stars; History.
  • Properties of StarsThermonuclear Reactions; Nuclear Reactions in Main Sequence Stars; Experimental Results; The Completion of the Proton-Proton Chain; Evolution of a Star; Buildup and Dispersal of Elements; Chapter 22. Biography; Part VI: Physics 1968; Chapter 23. Recent developments in particle physics; Chapter 24. Biography; Part VII: Physics 1969; Chapter 25. Symmetry and currents in particle physics; Chapter 26. Biography; Part VIII: Physics 1970; Chapter 27. Plasma physics, space research and the origin of the solar system; 1. Science and instruments; 2, Scientific aims of space research.
  • 3. Plasma physics and its applications4. Characteristics of first and second approach to cosmic plasma physics; 5. The origin of the solar system; 6. Basic knowledge for the reconstruction of the hetegonic processes; 7. Space observations relevant to the hetegonic problem; 8. Big bodies versus small bodies; 9. Old and new fields of science; Chapter 28. Biography; Chapter 29. Magnetism and the local molecular field; 1. The Weiss molecular field; 2. The local molecular field; 3. The fluctuations of the Weiss molecular field; 4. Constant par'amagnetism.