E. U. Condon

Selected Popular Writings of E.U. Condon

Herausgegeben von Barut, Asim O.; Odabasi, Halis; Merwe, Alwyn van der

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Produktbeschreibung

0 e The selected popular writings contain articles he wrote on technical topics for such journals as The American Journal of Physics, Science, and Nature, as well as reflections on education, UFO's, and other topics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4612-7783-5
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781461277835
• ISBN-10: 1461277833
• Artikelnr.: 36116722

Inhaltsangabe

Edward Uhler Condon, A Personal Recollection.- E.U. Condon - The Physicist and the Individual.- Foreword Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Preface Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- Edward Uhler Condon, 1902-1974.- Obituary: Edward Uhler Condon.- The Age of the Stars.- Statistics of Vocabulary.- Recent Developments in Quantum Mechanics.- Wave Mechanics and Radioactive Disintegration.- Note on the Velocity of Sound.- Food and the Theory of Probability.- Where Do We Live? Reflections on Physical Units and the Universal Constants.- Three Catch Questions.- Mathematical Models in Modern Physics.- A Simple Derivation of the Maxwell-Boltzmann Law.- Physics in Industry.- A Physicist's Peace.- Physics Gives Us - Nuclear Engineering.- Foundations of Nuclear Physics.- Science and the National Welfare.- Electronics and the Future.- Is There a Science of Instrumentation.- Effect of Oscillations of the Case on the Rate of a Watch.- The Development of American Physics.- Present Program of the National Bureau of Standards.- Evolution of the Quantum Theory.- Some Thoughts on Science in the Federal Government....- A Half-Century of Quantum Physics.- What is this New World?.- Graphical Representation for Unit Systems.- Intermediate Courses in Physics.- 60 Years of Quantum Physics.- Professor A.H. Compton.- Lyman James Briggs (1874-1963).- William Shipley's Barometer (1748).- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- The Past and the Future of the Reviews of Modern Physics.- UFO's I Have Loved and Lost.- Education for World Understanding.- Reminiscences of a Life In and Out of Quantum Mechanics.- Tunneling - How It All Started.- SilverAnniversary of Atomic Clocks.

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Edward Uhler Condon, A Personal Recollection.- E.U. Condon The Physicist and the Individual.- Foreword Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Preface Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- Edward Uhler Condon, 1902 1974.- Obituary: Edward Uhler Condon.- The Age of the Stars.- Statistics of Vocabulary.- Recent Developments in Quantum Mechanics.- Wave Mechanics and Radioactive Disintegration.- Note on the Velocity of Sound.- Food and the Theory of Probability.- Where Do We Live? Reflections on Physical Units and the Universal Constants.- Three Catch Questions.- Mathematical Models in Modern Physics.- A Simple Derivation of the Maxwell-Boltzmann Law.- Physics in Industry.- A Physicist s Peace.- Physics Gives Us Nuclear Engineering.- Foundations of Nuclear Physics.- Science and the National Welfare.- Electronics and the Future.- Is There a Science of Instrumentation.- Effect of Oscillations of the Case on the Rate of a Watch.- The Development of American Physics.- Present Program of the National Bureau of Standards.- Evolution of the Quantum Theory.- Some Thoughts on Science in the Federal Government .- A Half-Century of Quantum Physics.- What is this New World?.- Graphical Representation for Unit Systems.- Intermediate Courses in Physics.- 60 Years of Quantum Physics.- Professor A.H. Compton.- Lyman James Briggs (1874 1963).- William Shipley s Barometer (1748).- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- The Past and the Future of the Reviews of Modern Physics.- UFO s I Have Loved and Lost.- Education for World Understanding.- Reminiscences of a Life In and Out of Quantum Mechanics.- Tunneling How It All Started.- Silver Anniversary of Atomic Clocks. Edward Uhler Condon, A Personal Recollection.- E.U. Condon The Physicist and the Individual.- Foreword Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Preface Topics in Modern Physics, A Tribute to E.U. Condon.- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- Edward Uhler Condon, 1902 1974.- Obituary: Edward Uhler Condon.- The Age of the Stars.- Statistics of Vocabulary.- Recent Developments in Quantum Mechanics.- Wave Mechanics and Radioactive Disintegration.- Note on the Velocity of Sound.- Food and the Theory of Probability.- Where Do We Live? Reflections on Physical Units and the Universal Constants.- Three Catch Questions.- Mathematical Models in Modern Physics.- A Simple Derivation of the Maxwell-Boltzmann Law.- Physics in Industry.- A Physicist s Peace.- Physics Gives Us Nuclear Engineering.- Foundations of Nuclear Physics.- Science and the National Welfare.- Electronics and the Future.- Is There a Science of Instrumentation.- Effect of Oscillations of the Case on the Rate of a Watch.- The Development of American Physics.- Present Program of the National Bureau of Standards.- Evolution of the Quantum Theory.- Some Thoughts on Science in the Federal Government .- A Half-Century of Quantum Physics.- What is this New World?.- Graphical Representation for Unit Systems.- Intermediate Courses in Physics.- 60 Years of Quantum Physics.- Professor A.H. Compton.- Lyman James Briggs (1874 1963).- William Shipley s Barometer (1748).- Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards.- The Past and the Future of the Reviews of Modern Physics.- UFO s I Have Loved and Lost.- Education for World Understanding.- Reminiscences of a Life In and Out of Quantum Mechanics.- Tunneling How It All Started.- Silver Anniversary of Atomic Clocks.