Yoshio Nishina : father of modern physics in Japan /: father of modern physics in Japan. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dong-Won Kim.
• Other Names: Kim, Dong-Won, 1960-
• Contents: YOUTH; The Nishina Family; Yoshio Nishina the Student; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research; Japan's Physics Community in the Early Twentieth Century; ; NISHINA IN EUROPE; Heading for Europe; Cambridge and Göttingen; Research in Experimental Subjects at Copenhagen; The New Quantum Mechanics and the Klein-Nishina Formula; A Truly Accomplished Researcher; ; PREACHER OF THE NEW QUANTUM MECHANICS; The Introduction of the New Quantum Mechanics to Japan during the 1920s; Nishina the Preacher of the New Quantum Mechanics; ; BELOVED SENSEI (TEACHER): THEORETICAL RESEARCH AND THE EMERGENCE OF A RESEARCH NETWORK; A New Kind of Boss at RIKEN; The Theory Group; The Emergence of a Research Network; ; COSMIC RAY RESEARCH: "THIS IS INTERESTING. LET US TRY IT."; Cosmic Ray Research in the Early Twentieth Century; The Effect of the 10th Subcommittee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science on Cosmic Ray Research in Japan; The Cosmic Ray Research Group; Cosmic Ray Research and the Meson Theory: Cooperation between Experimentalists and Theoreticians; ; FATHER OF BIG SCIENCE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO CYCLOTRONS; The Small (26-inch) Cyclotron; The Large (60- inch) Cyclotron; The Legacy of Two Cyclotrons; ; STATESMAN OF SCIENCE; ; APPENDIX: SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN YOSHIO NISHINA AND ERNEST O. LAWRENCE; ; INDEX
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (195 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.092 B; Physicists -- Japan -- Biography; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; SCIENCE -- Energy; Physicists; Japan; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420012460; 1420012460; 9780750307550; 0750307552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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