Download or read book Communications from the Physical Laboratory at the University of Leiden written by H. Kamerlingh Onnes (Prof. Dr.) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Going Amiss in Experimental Research written by Giora Hon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like any goal-oriented procedure, experiment is subject to many kinds of failures. These failures have a variety of features, depending on the particulars of their sources. For the experimenter these pitfalls should be avoided and their effects minimized. For the historian-philosopher of science and the science educator, on the other hand, they are instructive starting points for reflecting on science in general and scientific method and practice in particular. Often more is learned from failure than from confirmation and successful application. The identification of error, its source, its context, and its treatment shed light on both practices and epistemic claims. This book shows that it is fruitful to bring to light forgotten and lost failures, subject them to analysis and learn from their moral. The study of failures, errors, pitfalls and mistakes helps us understand the way knowledge is pursued and indeed generated. The book presents both historical accounts and philosophical analyses of failures in experimental practice. It covers topics such as "error as an object of study", "learning from error", "concepts and dead ends", "instrumental artifacts", and "surprise and puzzlement". This book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science as well as to practicing scientists and science educators.
Download or read book Out of the Crystal Maze written by Lillian Hoddeson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the field of solid-state physics - also referred to as condensed matter physics - which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The history of some exciting developments is told here in an easy-to-follow text, accessible to general readers, while maintaining standards of high scholarship.
Download or read book Communications from the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory of the University of Leiden written by Leiden (Netherlands). Rijksuniversiteit. Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles are reprints or translations from scientific periodicals.
Download or read book Communications from the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory of the University of Leiden written by Leiden (Netherlands). Rijksuniversiteit. Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles are reprints or translations from scientific periodicals.
Download or read book Landmark Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics written by George L. Trigg and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear, detailed explorations feature extensive quotations from original research papers in their coverage of groundbreaking research. Topics include x-rays, superconductivity, neutrinos, lasers, and many other subjects. 120 illustrations. 1975 edition.
Download or read book Elsevier s Encyclopaedia of Organic Chemistry written by Edith Josephy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When, a few years ago, the publication of Elsevier's Encyclo pa:dia of Organic Chemistry was suspended, it seemed desirable to complete-on account of its monographic character-the steroid section in accordance with the original conception. One conside ration in favour thereof, among others, was that the steroid section of Beilstein's Handbuch will not be available for some years to come, so that also to those using Beilstein the present publication is a valuable help in bridging the gap. In view of the undiminished activity in this special field- equally important to chemists, bio chemists, and the medical world - the hope that the completion of this section will meet the needs of a wide circle of readers ap pears tobe justified. Altogether three more volumes are planned for the Supplement, the first of which, now presented, covers the steroid Oxo-com pounds, the Iiterature having been consulted up to the end of 1946 in conformity with the previous volumes of the steroid Supplement. Where, however, important additions and correc tions are concerned, Iiterature up to the most recent date has been taken into account. In treating the subject matter the same prin ciples have been followed as in the previous volumes of this section. Editorship remains in the competent hands of Dr. F. RADT, who has contributed a considerable proportion of the matter treated in this volume. He is assisted by Dr. A. GEORG and Dr. DoRA STERN.
Download or read book Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom written by Helge Kragh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom gives a comprehensive account of the birth, development, and decline of Bohr's atomic theory. It presents the theory in a broad context which includes not only its technical aspects, but also its reception, dissemination, and applications in both physics and chemistry.
Download or read book Through Measurement to Knowledge written by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tile; D'apC:Tile; l. DpWTa ()coi 7rpo7rapod)w £ D'T}K,mi'. "between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows". This quote from Isiodos, the first lyrical poet, is jotted on a sheet of paper found among the papers of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes at the Boerhaave Museum, Leiden. On this same sheet, one can also read quotes from Schiller, Goethe, Shakespeare, Homer, Pindar and Dante. Each quote is for somebody or something. It appears to have been a game played at least by Ehrenfest and Crommelin -an unmistakable sign of these two physicists's deep culture. This particular quote was for the "Werkplaats", the Physical Laboratory of the University of Leiden. Our purpose in putting together the Selected Papers of its first Director, Kamerlingh Onnes (1853-1926), is to try and articulate the dominant trends of a different type of culture at Leiden: its physics culture during the years that established low temperature physics as a distinct branch of physics. Our aims in choosing the particular papers are threefold. First, we wish to present the interconnectedness among the different research programs of Kamerlingh Onnes and to bring out the decisive role of the work initiated by van der Waals in determining the direction of nearly all of these research programs.
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Download or read book Refrigerating Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-17 include Proceedings of the 10th-24th (1914-28) annual meeting of the society.
Download or read book The Physics of a Lifetime written by Vitaly L. Ginzburg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every reader interested in understanding the important problems in physics and astrophysics and their historic development over the past 60 years will enjoy this book immensely. The philosophy, history and the individual views of famous scientists of the 20th century known personally to the author, make this book fascinating for non-physicists, too.
Download or read book Superconductivity written by Gianfranco Vidali and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-05-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular account of the discovery of the new high temperature superconducting materials.
Download or read book Historical Roots of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking written by Rocco Gaudenzi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the thinking processes and knowledge resources involved in a complex discovery? How can the physics of solids, the physics of nuclei, and elementary particle physics cross-fertilise in spite of the widely differing domains and energy scales they deal with? This book addresses the questions by reconstructing and examining from the historical epistemological perspective the fascinating heuristic path to the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking. This analysis especially brings to light the role that analogical reasoning and mathematical reformulations played in the discovery process, as well as the influence of the Japanese milieu and approach to physical problems.
Download or read book Catalogue of a Very Unusual Collection of Periodical Sets and Academy Publications written by Martinus Nijhoff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maxwell s Enduring Legacy written by Malcolm Longair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cavendish Laboratory is arguably the most famous physics laboratory in the world. Founded in 1874, it rapidly gained a leading international reputation through the researches of the Cavendish professors beginning with Maxwell, Rayleigh, J. J. Thomson, Rutherford and Bragg. Its name will always be associated with the discoveries of the electron, the neutron, the structure of the DNA molecule and pulsars, but these are simply the tip of the iceberg of outstanding science. The physics carried out in the laboratory is the central theme of the book and this is explained in reasonably non-technical terms. The research activities are set in their international context. Generously illustrated, with many pictures of the apparatus used and diagrams from the original papers, the story is brought right up to date with descriptions of the science carried out under the leadership of the very different personalities of Mott, Pippard and Edwards.
Download or read book The Heroic Age written by Robert D. Purrington and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a detailed look at the period between 1925 and leading up to WWII, in which quantum theory was created and then quickly applied to nuclear, atomic, molecular, and solid state physics. The book includes a heavy emphasis on the scientific literature rather than a breezy overview of this period focusing on personalities or personal stories of the scientists involved.
