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Physics History:     more books (100)

In Search of Time: The History, Physics, and Philosophy of Time by Dan Falk, 2010-01-05 The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein (Biography of Physics) by George Gamow, 1988-10-01 Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry by Ian Stewart, 2008-04-29 History of Physics (Readings from Physics Today) by Spencer R. Weart, 1985-10 Philosophical Concepts in Physics: The Historical Relation between Philosophy and Scientific Theories by James T. Cushing, 1998-02-13 The Tenth Dimension: An Informal History of High-Energy Physics by Jeremy Bernstein, 1989-11 A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics by Jean-Louis Tassoul, Monique Tassoul, 2004-07-06 Reading Bohr: Physics and Philosophy (Fundamental Theories of Physics) by Arkady Plotnitsky, 2010-11-02 Quips, Quotes, and Quanta: An Anecdotal History of Physics by Anton Z. Capri, 2007-09-24 Introducing Newton and Classical Physics by William Rankin, 1996-09-11 A Cultural History of Physics by Karoly Simonyi, 2011-01-02 A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: Part I, the Classical Theories & Part II, the Modern Theories (History of Modern Physics, 1800-1950) TWO VOLUMES by E. T. Whittaker, 1987-02 1830-1930: A Century of Geometry : Epistemology, History, and Mathematics (Lecture Notes in Physics) by L. Boi, D. Flament, 1992-06 Physics for a New Century: Papers Presented at the 1904 St. Louis Congress (The History of Modern Physics 1800-1950, Vol 5) by Katherine Russell Sopka, 1986-12

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41. A Walk Through Time
    A walk through time This Internet site, maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), presents the history and evolution of time measurement. Visitors begin in the  
    http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html&a

42. :: Paths Of Physics ::.
    history, Philosophy and Foundations of physics. The site has moved to http//fisicavolta.unipv.it/percorsi/.  
    http://matsci.unipv.it/percorsi/

43. Institute Of Physics - About The Institute Of Physics
    Energy Particle physics; Higher Education; history of physics; Information Technology, Electronics and Communications; Instrument Science  
    http://about.iop.org/IOP/Groups/
    
    Extractions: The Divisions act as forums for reviewing research and development in their respective field of physics. Each Division comprises several Subject Groups coming within its area of interest and in collaboration with those Groups organises an annual or biennial conference. Through the Divisional Affairs Committee the Divisions are invited by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to comment on the its Business Plans for Physics and Materials. There are currently five Divisions: Groups The Subject Groups are concerned with the specialist subject areas of physics, the Professional Groups with the application of physics in research, development and manufacture across a wide range of disciplines. In addition to arranging meetings and conferences, the majority of Groups produce regular newsletters keeping their members in touch with the latest developments in their field and providing information on relevant meetings organised by other bodies. Some Subject Groups make bursaries available to help students attend conferences. Several of the Groups are organised jointly with other societies with similar interests.

44. Plasma Physics -- History
    Site Map 7H. Plasma physics history. When blood is cleared of its various corpuscles there remains a clear liquid, named plasma  
    http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/whplasma.html
    
    Extractions: Site Map When blood is cleared of its various corpuscles there remains a clear liquid, named "plasma" by the great Czech medical scientist, Johannes Purkinje (1787-1869). The use of the term "plasma" for an ionized gas started in 1927 with Irving Langmuir (1881-1957), an American whose achievements ranged from the chemistry of surfaces to cloud seeding for promoting rain, and who in 1932 won the Nobel prize for chemistry. Langmuir worked for the General Electric Co., studying electronic devices based on ionized gases, and the way the electrified fluid carried high velocity electrons, ions and impurities reminded him of the way blood plasma carried red and white corpuscles and germs. Irving Langmuir As a result of those studies, carried out on relatively cool and dense plasmas, scientists nowadays can talk of "Langmuir waves" and fly "Langmuir probes" aboard satellites. Gradually plasma research spread in other directions , of which three were particularly significant. First , the development of radio led to the discovery of the ionosphere , the natural "plasma roof" above the atmosphere, which bounces back radio waves and sometimes absorbs them. Starting with the study of the propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere, a wide variety of plasma waves was identified, in general spreading differently along magnetic field lines than perpendicular to them.

45. Brief History Introduction
    A Brief history of Magnetospheric physics During the Space Age. Reviews of Geophysics, 34, 131, 1996 David P. Stern, Laboratory  
    http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/bh2_1.html
    
    Extractions: After 1958, when scientific satellites began exploring the Earth magnetic environment, many puzzling phenomena could be directly examined, especially the polar aurora and disturbances of the Earth's magnetic field [see Stern , 1989a]. The notion of the solar wind, introduced that same year, helped clarify the role of the Sun in driving such phenomena. The large-scale structure of the magnetosphere, the space region dominated by the Earth's magnetic field, was gradually revealed within the next decade: its trapped particles, its boundary, and its long magnetic tail on the night side. Inevitably, however, the new discoveries led to new questions at a more fundamental level, about the transfer of energy, the flow patterns of plasmas and electric currents, the acceleration of the aurora, and about transient events such as magnetic substorms and storms, which energized ions and electrons. Though significant progress has occured in some of these areas, many unresolved issues still remain. This review outlines the history of magnetospheric research, draws some general conclusions and provides an extensive bibliography. Clicking on any marked section on the list below brings up a file containing it and all unmarked sections immediately following it on the list. This list is repeated at the beginning of each file.

46. Institute Of Theoretical Physics - History
    A short history of Theoretical physics at Hoza 69 Czeslaw Bialobrzewski (18781953) was the first head of Theory at Hoza. He  
    http://info.fuw.edu.pl/~bartnik/hist.html
    
    Extractions: Czeslaw Bialobrzewski (1878-1953) was the first head of Theory at Hoza. He came in 1921 from Jagiellonian University (Cracow). For a long time he was the only theoretician, so he also indulged in experimental work, and, accumulating wisdom, he tackled philosophy... In 1938 he organized the prestigious conference New Theories in Physics . During World War II he continued scientific work with his group under the pretext of carrying out measurements for water works etc. (at that time the occupying Germans, considering the Poles to be an inferior race (Untermenschen), had forbidden any scientific activity). The books he has written in this period have unfortunately been destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising (1944). Myron Mathisson (1897-1940) was the most famous theoretical physicist at Hoza. His works on general relativity are cited even today. At the time he could not get tenure at any Polish university (he was a Jew, you see...). He gave courses on mathematical physics at Hoza as Privatdozent . He spent one year in the Soviet Union in Kazan and in 1939 moved to London, where he died.

47. History Of Physics And Astronomy
    4000 Years of Women in Science; The Hypatia Institute A website dedicated to gender equity for women in physics with science history links, science poetry, how  
    http://www.physlink.com/Education/History.cfm

48. Physics Historical Museum
    You can see pictures and read descriptions of some of the many hundreds of items in the Grinnell College physics Historical Museum. For a history of the museum  
    http://web.grinnell.edu/physics/PMuseum/

49. UCT Physics - History
    University of Cape Town physics Department Historical Information. will provide links to articles covering notable milestones in our history, illustrious past  
    http://www.phy.uct.ac.za/courses/dept/history.htm
    
    Extractions: Historical Information The Department has a long tradition of leading research and teaching in the physical sciences. This page will provide links to articles covering notable milestones in our history, illustrious past members of the department, as well as subsequently famous (or notorious) graduates. dga/001103 RETURN TO: UCT Physics Department homepage

50. ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Science/Physics/History/People/Bohr,_Niels
    Niels Bohr Archive A repository of primary material for the history of modern physics, pertaining in particular to the early development of quantum mechanics  
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/directory/Science/Physics/History/People/Bohr,_Niels
    
    Extractions: Front Page Today's Digest Week in Review Email Updates ... People Bohr, Niels (20 links) See Also: News about Bohr, Niels Scientists 'Beef Up' Plant-dwelling Bacteria To Boost Phytoremediation (April 12, 2004) full story Milky Way Past Was More Turbulent Than Previously Known (April 7, 2004) full story X-ray Shout Echoing Through Space (January 27, 2004) full story Researchers Engineer Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells To Form Sperm Cell Precursors (December 12, 2003) full story Mouse Embryonic Germ Cells And Male Gametes Created In The Lab (December 11, 2003)

51. Zeal.com - United States - New - Library - Sciences - Physics - History
    A great resource for United States New - Library - Sciences - physics - history. Find the web s best sites, add websites, and  
    http://zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=331052

52. PhysicsWeb - Best Of PhysicsWeb
    Condensed Matter. history of physics. Optics and Lasers. Particle and Nuclear physics. physics in Biology. Superconductivity. Best of history of physics.  
    http://physicsweb.org/bestof/history
    
    Extractions: Advanced site search best of physicsweb Applied Physics Astronomy and Astrophysics Careers Condensed Matter ... Superconductivity From the reclusive to the flamboyant, the lives and personalities of many great physicists have been as fascinating as their discoveries. Luck and charisma play their roles alongside academic brilliance in the world of science, and both social and scientific aspects of many historic breakthroughs are still hotly debated today. Features News Reviews The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist, Fred Jerome

53. Health Physics Instrumentaion Museum Directory
    Associated Universities Health physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection is to chronicle the scientific and commercial history of radioactivity and  
    http://www.orau.org/ptp/museumdirectory.htm
    
    Extractions: Privacy/Security Notice MUSEUM DIRECTORY Accidents, Incidents Miscellaneous Atomic Brand Names Monitors and Scalers ... X-ray and Gas Discharge Tubes Military RADIAC Equipment X-ray Tubes - Coolidge Type This site has been chosen as a Yahoo Pick of the Week as well as a selection of the Internet Scout Report. The purpose of Oak Ridge Associated Universities' Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection is to chronicle the scientific and commercial history of radioactivity and radiation. It has been deemed the official repository for historical radiological instruments by the Health Physics Society , and the Society has been generous in its financial support for the purchase of items. The collection is the property of the not-for-profit ORAU Foundation, and it is located at the Professional Training Programs (PTP) training facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. To find out more about the collection, or if you are interested in making a donation, please contact Dr. Paul Frame via E-mail ( framep@orau.gov

54. APS News Online This Month In The History Of Physics
    Linksgiving.com Science Technology physics historyWinner of the Weekly Link Award Center for history of physics Winner of the Weekly Link Award - The Center for history of physics at the American Institute  
    http://www.aps.org/apsnews/thismont.html

55. Sir Isaac Newton And The Unification Of Physics & Astronomy
    Sir Isaac Newton and the Unification of physics Astronomy Sir Isaac Newton (16421727) was by many standards the most important  
    http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newton.html
    
    Extractions: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was by many standards the most important figure in the development of modern science. Many would credit he and Einstein with being the most original thinkers in that development. Newton's accomplishments were of astonishingly broad scope. For example, as a sidelight to his fundamental contributions in physics and astronomy, he (in parallel with Liebnitz) invented the mathematical discipline of calculus, so if you have to take both physics and calculus courses, you have Newton to blame! No survey course such as this one can possibly do justice to what Newton accomplished. The poet Alexander Pope was moved to pen the lines Nature and Nature's laws and all was light and a study of Newton's discoveries suggests that Pope was indulging only slightly in hyperbole. We shall concentrate on three developments of most direct relevance to our discussion: (1) Newton's Three Laws of Motion, (2) the Theory of Universal Gravitation, and (3) the demonstration that Kepler's Laws follow from the Law of Gravitation. Kepler had proposed three Laws of Planetary motion based on the systematics that he found in Brahe's data. These Laws were supposed to apply only to the motions of the planets; they said nothing about any other motion in the Universe. Further, they were purely empirical: they worked, but no one knew a fundamental reason WHY they should work.

56. SLCentral Directory - Science - Physics - History
    SLCentral Directory Science - physics - history. These pictures are in the vein of The history of physics and contains images of notable phsyicists.  
    http://www.slcentral.com/directory/index.php/Science/Physics/History/
    
    Extractions: Submit a Site SLCentral Directory - Science - Physics - History See also: This category in other languages: Danish French German Spanish ... American Physical Society Forum on the History of Physics - A member unit of the American Physical Society. It was founded as a venue for physicists, historians, and other members of the APS with an interest in discussing and exploring the historical dimensions of physics research. Forum benefits and activities include the Forum's widely read semiannual Newsletter and sponsored sessions at the March and April meetings of the APS.

57. Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons And Human Rights
    A biography of Andrei Sakharov and his contributions to Soviet nuclear weapons research, nuclear fusion, cosmology, human rights, and world peace. Includes a bibliography and links to related sites.  
    http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/
    
    Extractions: Text Version ndrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind . He was fascinated by fundamental physics and cosmology, but first he spent two decades designing nuclear weapons. He came to be regarded as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, contributing perhaps more than anyone else to the military might of the USSR. But gradually Sakharov became one of the regime’s most courageous critics, a defender of human rights and democracy. He could not be silenced, and helped bring down one of history’s most powerful dictatorships. This exhibit tells about Sakharov’s extraordinary life. This exhibit is brought to you by the Center for History of Physics a division of the

58. Great Moments In Solar Physics 1
    Great Moments in the history of Solar physics (1). 1223 BC The oldest eclipse record. 207221. Later Great Moments in the history of solar physics.  
    http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/sp/great_moments.html
    
    Extractions: Total eclipses of the Sun are arguably the most impressive astronomical phenomenon that can be observed more or less regularly with the naked eye (see slides 9 and slide 10 of the HAO slide set The Sun: A Pictorial Introduction ). They occur when the Moon reaches a point in its orbit around the Earth that lies on the line joining the Earth and Sun. By a remarkable coincidence, the Moon's angular diameter, as seen from the Earth, is almost identical to that of the Sun. The Sun's disk is then completely eclipsed, and daytime darkness falls upon the Earth for a few minutes (This physical explanation of the phenomenon was only put forth much later, in the first century BC). Like comets, solar eclipses were taken to be astrological omens of great significance. It is therefore not surprising that such a spectacular event is often mentioned in surviving written records and chronicles of ancient civilizations. The oldest eclipse record is found on a clay tablet uncovered in the ancient city of Ugarit, (in what is now Syria), with two plausible dates usually cited: 3 May 1375 BC or 5 March 1223 BC, the latter being favored by most recents authors on the topic. It is certainly clear that by the eight century BC, the Babylonians were keeping a systematic record of solar eclipses, and may even have been able to predict them fairly accurately based on numerological rules.

59. Solar Physics Information
    Solar physics Information. What is the history of solar physics? Some great moments in the history of solar physics ca. 200 BC The distance to the Sun.  
    http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/sp/sp.html
    
    Extractions: Solar physics began with the invention of the telescope at the beginning of the 17th century. Using this new device in the period from 1610 to 1613, Galileo studied the properties of dark sunspots and established their existence as features move on the visible disk of the Sun as it rotates. Thus began observations to lead eventually to the discovery of the 11 year cycle of solar activity by the amateur astronomer S. Schwabe, in 1843. Another major scientific advance came in 1817 with Fraunhofer's discovery of 'dark lines' in the spectrum of light from the Sun. Coupled with the understanding of atomic energy levels, studies of the solar spectrum gave us a scientific method to learn the atomic composition of the sun and the temperatures in its outer layers. Solar spectroscopy advanced rapidly late in the 19th century to the development of specialized instruments showing the existence of magnetic fields on the Sun at Mt. Wilson Observatory in 1908. Solar astronomers continued fruitful studies of the Sun from the ground until the space age dawned in 1946 with rocket observations and then accelerated in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. Rocket instruments and orbiting satellites allowed observation of the ultraviolet and x-ray regions of the solar spectrum for the first time (since these wavelengths are normally absorbed by the earth's atmosphere and do not reach the ground) and thus opened the way for high temperature astrophysics to be applied to the solar atmosphere where temperature can exceed 1 million degrees. Although our understanding of solar-type stars required ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, such short wavelength emission cannot be observed from the ground because of absorption by the Earth's atmosphere.

60. Science, Physics, History, People: Newton, Isaac
    Isaac Newton (1642 1727) - Detailed biography reproduced from a 1908 history of mathematics. Isaac Newton - Short biography and sketch from PBS.  
    http://www.combose.com/Science/Physics/History/People/Newton,_Isaac/

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