Physicists in Conflict : From Antiquity to the New Millennium /: From Antiquity to the New Millennium. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Neil A. Porter.
• Authors: Porter, Neil A
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 RELIGION RAMPANT: HYPATIA, ROGER BACON, GIORDANO BRUNO; 2.1 Hypatia of Alexandria (c370-415 AD); 2.2 Roger Bacon and the Franciscans; 2.3 Bruno and a multiplicity of universes; 3 GALILEO AND THE INQUISITION; 3.1 The younger years; 3.2 The middle years; 3.3 The Inquisition; 3.4 Galileo in Rome; 3.5 The later years; Appendix: The validity of the secret minute; 4 KEPLER; 4.1 Kepler's conflicts; 4.2 Kepler and Galileo; 4.3 The closing years; Appendix: The political background 5 INTERNAL CONFLICT. THE ATOMIC THEORY AND POSITIVIST PHILOSOPHY5.1 The people; 5.2 Background to the conflict: determining the size of an atom; 5.3 Kinetic theory, macroscopic thermodynamics and positivist philosophy; 5.4 Conduction in gases; 5.5 Conclusion; Appendix: Kelvin's view of the problem; 6 N-RAYS; 7 EINSTEIN AND THE COPENHAGEN SCHOOL; 7.1 Niels Bohr; 7.2 Einstein and the old quantum theory; 7.3 Einstein and the new quantum theory; 7.4 Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen; 7.5 Schrooinger's cat; 7.6 Einstein's personal life 1905-25; 7.7 The later years; 8 OPPENHEIMER AND THE AEC 9 BLACKETT, CHERWELL, TIZARD. OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND TOTAL WAR9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The scientists; 9.3 Who was responsible, and what did they intend?; 9.4 Non-combatants in war; 9.5 The atomic bombs; 9.6 The battle of the Atlantic; 10 THE BIG BANG VERSUS CONTINUOUS CREATION; 10.1 The size of the universe; 10.2 The age of the universe; 10.3 The radio universe; 10.4 History of the big bang; 10.5 Steady-state fights back; 11 MULTIPLE VERSUS PLURAL PARTICLE AND PHOTON PRODUCTION; 11.1 Cosmic rays; 11.2 Techniques; 11.3 Soft showers; 11.4 The cosmic ray beam in the atmosphere; 11.5 The meson 11.6 The theories of meson production11.7 Multiple meson production theories; 11.8 Experimental work; 12 MISSING MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; 13 CONCLUSIONS; 13.1 The effects of conflict; 13.2 After the conflict; 13.3 Acceptance by the scientific community; 13.4 The attitude of the community; 13.5 Things in common; 13.6 Final conclusions; Postscript; References; Glossary; Bibliographical discussion; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.9/22; Physics; Physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482268515; 1482268515
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