| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Physics in Oxford: problems and perspectives / Robert Fox [and others] -- Context and practices of Oxford Physics, 1839-77 / Robert Fox -- Robert Bellamy Clifton and the 'depressing inheritance' of the Clarendon Laboratory, 1877-1919 / Graeme Gooday -- Laboratories and physics in Oxford Colleges, 1848-1947 / Tony Simcock -- Mechanical physicists, the Millard Laboratory, and the transition from physics to engineering / Tony Simcock -- Translating ion physics from Cambridge to Oxford: John Townsend and the Electrical Laboratory, 1900-24 / Benoit Lelong -- Lindemann Era / Jack Morrell -- Redfining the context: Oxford and the wider world of British physics, 1900-1940 / Jeff Hughes -- Epilogue / Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday -- Appendix I. The classification of the Oxford B.A. -- Appendix II. The syllabus for the Oxford B.A., 1831-1872 -- Appendix III. Letter from Robert Clifton to Sir William Thomson |
| Summary |
This book shows that physics in pre-war Oxford has a colourful and dynamic history. Its examination of physics teaching and research in the university's constituent colleges reveals a unique world that helped to make Oxford physics in the 20th century, a force to rival that of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
University of Oxford -- History
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| SUBJECT |
University of Oxford. fast (OCoLC)fst00535968 |
| Subject |
Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- England -- Oxford -- History
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Physics -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- England -- Oxford -- History
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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Physics -- Study and teaching (Graduate)
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Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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England -- Oxford.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fox, Robert, 1938- editor, author.
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Gooday, Graeme, editor, author
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| ISBN |
9780198567929 |
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0198567928 |
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9780191524455 |
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019152445X |
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