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Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : Laboratories, Learning and College Life.

This book shows that physics in pre-war Oxford has a colourful and dynamic history. Its examination of physics teaching and research in the University's constituent colleges reveals a unique world that helped to make Oxford physics in the twentieth century a force to rival that of the Cavendish...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, Robert
Otros Autores: Gooday, Graeme
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements for Illustrations; Abbreviations; Administrative Terminology; Terms and Residence; 1. Physics in Oxford: Problems and Perspectives; 2. The Context and Practices of Oxford Physics, 1839-77; 3. Robert Bellamy Clifton and the 'Depressing Inheritance' of the Clarendon Laboratory, 1877-1919; 4. Laboratories and Physics in Oxford Colleges, 1848-1947; 5. Mechanical Physicists, the Millard Laboratory, and the Transition from Physics to Engineering. 
505 8 |a 6. Translating Ion Physics from Cambridge to Oxford: John Townsend and the Electrical Laboratory, 1900-247. The Lindemann Era; 8. Redefining the Context: Oxford and the Wider World of British Physics, 1900-1940; 9. Epilogue; Appendix I: The Classification of the Oxford B.A.; Appendix II: The Syllabus for the Oxford B.A., 1831-1872; Appendix III: Letter from Robert Clifton to Sir William Thomson; Bibliography; Index. 
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