Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences. Volume 14 [XIV] [Fourteen], Parts 1-2.

KUHN, Thomas S.; et al.:

Published by Berkeley & London: University of California Press, 1983-84., 1983

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377 pp. Original wrappers. Very Good+. ISSN 0073-2672. Contents: William Wallace Campbell and the 'Einstein Problem': An Observational Astronomer Confronts the Theory of Relativity (pp. 1-91) Jeffrey Crelinsten Nuclear Reactors and the Founding of Brookhaven National Laboratory (pp. 93-122) Allan A. Needell The Spectrum of ζ Puppis and the Historical Evolution of Empirical Data (pp. 123-145) Nadia Robotti To Explore the Borderland: The Foundation of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (pp. 147-185) John W. Servos Review: Recent German Perspectives on German Technical Education (pp. 187-200) David C. Cassidy Reviewed work(s): Die Chemie an der Universität Marburg seit Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Entwicklung als Hochschulfach by Christoph Meinel Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technischen Universität Berlin 1879-1979. Two Volumes by Reinhard Rürup Festschrift zum 150jährigen Bestehen der Universität Hannover by Rita Seidel Festschrift zum 150jährigen Bestehen der Universität Stuttgart. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität by Johannes H. Voigt Waves in the Earth: Seismology Comes to Southern California (pp. 201-230) Judith R. Goodstein Revisiting Planck (pp. 231-252) Thomas S. Kuhn How Einstein Found His Field Equations: 1912-1915 (pp. 253-316) John Norton The Physics of Imperfect Crystals-A Social History (pp. 317-355) Krzysztof Szymborski John Stuart Foster, McGill University, and the Renascence of Nuclear Physics in Montreal, 1935-1950 (pp. 357-377) Jerry Thomas. Seller Inventory # 20654

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Title: Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences....

Publisher: Berkeley & London: University of California Press, 1983-84.

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition