Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences -Bruno Carazza and Helge Kragh on Augusto Righi - Michael Eckert on Heisenberg - Stuart Leslie - Ilana Löwy on Volta - Giuliano Pancaldi - Lewis Pyenson
Reference : 100912
(1990)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1990 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 210 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1990 Contents, Chapitres : Bruno Carazza and Helge Kragh : Augusto Righi's magnetic rays : A failed research program in early 20th-century physics - Michael Eckert : Primacy doomed to failure : Heisenberg's role as scientific adviser for nuclear policy in the FRG - Stuart Leslie : Profit and loss : the military and MIT in the postwar era - Ilana Löwy : Variances in meaning in discovery accounts : The case of contemporary biology - Giuliano Pancaldi : Electricity and life. Volta's path to the battery - Lewis Pyenson : Habits of mind : Geophysics at Shangai and Algiers, 1920-1940 near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 210