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1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
Yoshio Nishina made a great contribution to the emergence of a research network that produced two Nobel prize winners, and he also raised the overall level of physics in Japan. Focusing on his roles as researcher, teacher, and statesman of science, this book analyzes Nishina's position in and his contributions to the Japanese physics community |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nishina, Yoshio, 1890-1951.
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| SUBJECT |
Nishina, Yoshio, 1890-1951 fast |
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Physicists -- Japan -- Biography
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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Physicists
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Japan
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781420012460 |
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1420012460 |
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9780750307550 |
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0750307552 |
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