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Title Great solid state physicists of the 20th century / editors, Julio A. Gonzalo & Carmen Aragó López
Published River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. The Braggs. The Braggs / A.M. Glazer -- William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) / E.N. da C. Andrade -- William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) / David Phillips -- pt. 2. Peter Debye. Peter Debye : a life for science / Eric Courtens -- Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye (1884-1966) / Mansel Davies -- pt. 3. John Bardeen. John Bardeen (1908-1991) / Fernando Sols -- Semiconductor research leading to the point contact transistor : Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 ; Electron-phonon interactions and superconductivity : Nobel lecture, December 11, 1972 / John Bardeen -- pt. 4. Lev Davidovich Landau. About L.D. Landau, the great physicist / V.L. Ginzburg -- Physics Nobel Prize winner, 1962 : presentation at 1962 Nobel Prize ceremony / I. Waller -- pt. 5. The relevance of materials science. The relevance of materials science / Stanley L. Jaki -- The Nobel Prize in solid state physics : laureates [from 2001 to 1901] / The Nobel Foundation
Summary The 20th century has been called "The Century of Physics". It might be even more appropriate to call it "The Century of Solid State Physics". All the technological developments which changed the world by the end of the century were based upon previous scientific developments in solid state physics. The Braggs, Peter Debye, John Bardeen and L.D. Landau were certainly at the forefront of all those revolutionary changes, and they all feature in this examination of the great solid state physicists of the 20th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Physicists -- Biography.
Solid state physics -- History -- 20th century
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Condensed Matter.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
Physicists
Solid state physics
Vaste stoffen.
Natuurkunde.
Materiaalkunde.
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Gonzalo, Julio A. (Julio Antonio)
Aragó López, Carmen.
LC no. 2005298152
ISBN 9789812795267
981279526X
1281935689
9781281935687