Nobel Laureates and Twentieth-Century Physics
Abstract
1. Introduction; 2. Founding fathers; 3. Highlights of classical physics; Part I. The Triumphs of Modern Physics (1901-50): 4. New foundations; 5. The quantum atom; 6. The golden years; 7. The thirties; 8. The nuclear age; Part II. New Frontiers (1951-2003): 9. Wave of inventions; 10. New vistas on the cosmos; 11. The small, the large - the complex; 12. Big physics - small physics; 13. New trends.
- Publication:
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Nobel Laureates and Twentieth-Century Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004nltp.book.....D