Titre : |
Physics and microphysics |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), Auteur ; Martin Davidson, Traducteur ; Albert Einstein, Préfacier, etc. |
Editeur : |
New York : Harper Torchbooks |
Année de publication : |
1960 |
Importance : |
286 p. |
Présentation : |
ill. |
Format : |
20 cm |
Note générale : |
Index |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Physique
Microphysics |
Index. décimale : |
539.1 Physique nucléaire. Physique atomique. Physique moléculaire |
Note de contenu : |
Summary :
I. Science.
1. The elementary particles of matter and the new theories of the nucleus of the atom.
2. Atomic physics and nuclear physics.
3. Light in the physical world.
4. Wave mechanics and the study of surface states.
5. Some considerations on the concept of quantity in physics.
6. On the formation of images in corpusculare optics.
II. Scientific philosophy.
7. The reveltions of microphysics.
8. Personal memories on the beginnings of wave mechanics.
9. Conceptions of contemporary physics and the ideas of bergson on time and on motion.
10. Chance and contingency in quantal physics.
11. The grandeur and moral value of science.
III. History of the sciences.
12. The future of physics.
13. How pure science and technics have been of mutual assistance to each other in the realm of electricity.
14. A sketch of the history of radioelectricity.
15. The link between pure science and its applications.
16. At the dawn of the atomic era.
17. The great adventure. |
Physics and microphysics [texte imprimé] / Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), Auteur ; Martin Davidson, Traducteur ; Albert Einstein, Préfacier, etc. . - New York : Harper Torchbooks, 1960 . - 286 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Mots-clés : |
Physique
Microphysics |
Index. décimale : |
539.1 Physique nucléaire. Physique atomique. Physique moléculaire |
Note de contenu : |
Summary :
I. Science.
1. The elementary particles of matter and the new theories of the nucleus of the atom.
2. Atomic physics and nuclear physics.
3. Light in the physical world.
4. Wave mechanics and the study of surface states.
5. Some considerations on the concept of quantity in physics.
6. On the formation of images in corpusculare optics.
II. Scientific philosophy.
7. The reveltions of microphysics.
8. Personal memories on the beginnings of wave mechanics.
9. Conceptions of contemporary physics and the ideas of bergson on time and on motion.
10. Chance and contingency in quantal physics.
11. The grandeur and moral value of science.
III. History of the sciences.
12. The future of physics.
13. How pure science and technics have been of mutual assistance to each other in the realm of electricity.
14. A sketch of the history of radioelectricity.
15. The link between pure science and its applications.
16. At the dawn of the atomic era.
17. The great adventure. |
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