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1 Beech, Martin William Frederick Denning I12882 2023 eBook  
2 Navarro Veguillas, Luis The Lesser-Known Albert Einstein I12861 2023 eBook  
3 Lemmerich, Jost Max von Laue I12557 2022 Book  
4 Lv, Chengdong Return to China One Day I12371 2022 Book  
5 Musielak, Dora Leonhard Euler and the Foundations of Celestial Mechanics I12301 2022 Book  
6 Haerendel, Gerhard My Life in Space Exploration I12274 2022 Book  
7 Jaeger, Lars The Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science I12209 2022 Book  
8 Lojek, Bo William Shockley: The Will to Think I11806 2021 eBook  
9 Wiescher, Michael Arthur E. Haas - The Hidden Pioneer of Quantum Mechanics I11781 2021 eBook  
10 Talbot, Chris Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927???1931 I11764 2021 eBook  
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TitleWilliam Frederick Denning : Grand Amateur and Doyen of British Meteor Astronomy
Author(s)Beech, Martin
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
DescriptionXIII, 334 p. 109 illus., 55 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book provides a detailed biographical account of the industrious late nineteenth-century astronomer William Frederick Denning who, in later life, rose to be a celebrated public figure and a highly respected amateur astronomer. The book also examines Denning???s many contributions to the astronomy of his time. As an indomitable promotor of amateur astronomy, Denning was closely involved in the formation of the short-lived, but historically pivotal, Observational Astronomy Society (OAS) in 1869. Readers will learn about the origins and the observational programs initiated by the OAS, and the author also presents a series of biographical sketches of its most industrious members. Furthermore, by examining Denning???s letters and publications, the author shows how he helped to nurture the growth of amateur astronomy, also teaching amateur observers how to make their efforts scientifically useful. A stalwart observer and enthusiast himself, Denning was a key player in the development of meteor astronomy in England, culminating in his being invited, in 1922, to be the first President of Commission 22 (meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust) of the newly formed International Astronomical Union. The text follows the development and rapid growth of meteor astronomy during the nineteenth century, focusing upon the key observations and important theoretical advances. In addition, it pays tribute to pioneering practitioners, who, along with Denning, set out to unravel the story and secrets of the shooting stars. While not an openly forthright or strident figure, Denning, at the height of his career, became embroiled in two public and controversial issues. The first related to his pseudo-scientific theory of optical blurring, and his belief that large-aperture telescopes performed less efficiently than smaller-aperture telescopes when used in the study of planetary disks. The second concerned the mysterious issue of stationary meteor shower radiants???an apparent observational reduction that was completely at odds with both the standard theories of gravitational dynamics and the generally accepted notion of meteoroid stream structure. The book explores these two controversies and uses them to examine Denning???s outlook on scientific methodology
ISBN,Price9783031444432
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers 2. ASTRONOMY 3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 4. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. History of Physics and Astronomy 7. Physicists 8. PHYSICS
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TitleThe Lesser-Known Albert Einstein : Without a Trace of Relativity
Author(s)Navarro Veguillas, Luis
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
DescriptionXXII, 362 p. 19 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book highlights the numerous important contributions that Einstein made to physics???aside from his relativity theories???and places each of his achievements in the corresponding context, referring en route to the original sources. There are very few publications devoted to Einstein's work outside of relativity. This book aims to fill the gap by exploring the scope of Einstein's contributions on topics including molecular forces, thermostatistics, the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, molecular currents, critical opalescence, energy quanta, dual structure of radiation, introduction of the photon, and the formulation of the first quantum statistics. The book pays special attention to Einstein's scepticism toward certain ideas that came to light alongside Schr??dinger's first formulation of wave mechanics in 1926, also addressing his doubts regarding the probabilistic interpretation of the quantum formalism, an issue closely connected with the hidden variable theories and their implications. The author discusses the early hidden variable theories, whose appearance was largely a result of Einstein's criticism of the orthodox interpretation of quantum formalism. Finally, in an appendix, the author explores the controversy about the possible contribution that Mileva Mari?, Albert Einstein's first wife, may have made to some of her husband's main scientific achievements
ISBN,Price9783031355684
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology 5. History of Physics and Astronomy 6. Physicists 7. PHYSICS 8. QUANTUM PHYSICS 9. SCIENCE
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TitleMax von Laue : Intrepid and True: A Biography of the Physics Nobel Laureate
Author(s)Lemmerich, Jost
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
DescriptionXXI, 413 p. 97 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis biography gives an insider view of 20th century German science in the making. The discovery by Max von Laue in 1912 of interference effects demonstrated the wave-like nature of X-rays and the atomic lattice structure of crystals. This major advance for research on solids earned him the Nobel Prize two years later, the ultimate acclaim as an exceptional theoretician. As an early supporter of Einstein???s relativity theory, he published fundamental papers on light scattering as well as on matter waves and superconductivity. Laue may be counted among the few persons of influence in Germany who ??? as Einstein put it ??? managed to ???stay morally upright??? under Nazism. It is thus surprising that this is the first extensive biography of this famous scientist. Jost Lemmerich could hardly have been better equipped to describe German physics and physicists in the 1920s. His copiously illustrated historical account is based as much on scientific material as on private correspondence, creating a fascinating and convincingly detailed portrait
ISBN,Price9783030946999
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 4. Crystallography and Scattering Methods 5. DIFFRACTION 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. Electrons???Diffraction 9. History of Physics and Astronomy 10. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS 11. Physicists???Biography 12. Physics???History 13. X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
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TitleReturn to China One Day : The Learning Life of Qian Xuesen
Author(s)Lv, Chengdong
PublicationSingapore, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
DescriptionXII, 190 p. 91 illus., 88 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis Open Access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesen???s years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect of humanity. This book can be used as reference material for Qian Xuesen???s earlier years
ISBN,Price9789811957550
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. China???History 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. Education in Physics 7. History of China 8. History of Physics and Astronomy 9. Physicists???Biography 10. Physics???History 11. Physics???Study and teaching
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TitleLeonhard Euler and the Foundations of Celestial Mechanics
Author(s)Musielak, Dora
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
DescriptionXXVIII, 208 p. 65 illus., 17 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThe intention of this book is to shine a bright light on the intellectual context of Euler???s contributions to physics and mathematical astronomy. Leonhard Euler is one of the most important figures in the history of science, a blind genius who introduced mathematical concepts and many analytical tools to help us understand and describe the universe. Euler also made a monumental contribution to astronomy and orbital mechanics, developing what he called astronomia mechanica. Orbital mechanics of artificial satellites and spacecraft is based on Euler???s analysis of astromechanics. However, previous books have often neglected many of his discoveries in this field. For example, orbital mechanics texts refer to the five equilibrium points in the Sun-Earth-Moon system as Lagrange points, failing to credit Euler who first derived the differential equations for the general n-body problem and who discovered the three collinear points in the three-body problem of celestial mechanics. These equilibrium points are essential today in space exploration; the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble), for example, now orbits the Sun near L2, one of the collinear points of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, while future missions to study the universe will place observatories in orbit around Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon equilibrium points that should be properly called Euler-Lagrange points. In this book, the author uses Euler???s memoirs, correspondence, and other scholarly sources to explore how he established the mathematical groundwork for the rigorous study of motion in our Solar System. The reader will learn how he studied comets and eclipses, derived planetary orbits, and pioneered the study of planetary perturbations, and how, old and blind, Euler put forward the most advanced lunar theory of his time
ISBN,Price9783031123221
Keyword(s)1. ANALYSIS 2. ASTRONAUTICS 3. Astronomers???Biography 4. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 5. CLASSICAL MECHANICS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. GRAVITATION 9. History of Physics and Astronomy 10. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS 11. MECHANICS 12. NEWTONIAN PHYSICS 13. Outer space???Exploration 14. Physicists???Biography 15. Physics???History 16. Space Exploration and Astronautics
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TitleMy Life in Space Exploration
Author(s)Haerendel, Gerhard
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
DescriptionXIV, 227 p. 112 illus., 57 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book tells the inside story of Germany's first contributions to space research by experiments with artificial plasma clouds in space. In this autobiography, Gerhard Haerendel, former director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, describes his 60 adventurous years in space research. The narrative of exciting events???covering 40 years of rocket and satellite work???is underpinned with accessible accounts of the actual physical phenomena and processes involved. The reader also learns about how the goals set by a visionary astrophysicist eventually led to one of Germany's first major contributions to space research by the creation of artificial comets in the solar wind. Haerendel's efforts also led to two further satellite programs, one in partnership with Sweden, focusing on the aurora borealis, the other, a national German endeavor, to explore the outer border of the magnetosphere. A further interesting chapter concerns his engagement in the evaluation and restructuring of eastern German Academy institutes after reunification. All readers interested in space research and its history will enjoy sharing the fascinating experiences and dramatic events that accompany the story throughout, even some spectacular failures relating to rocket campaigns
ISBN,Price9783031102868
Keyword(s)1. ASTRONAUTICS 2. Astronomers???Biography 3. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. HISTORY 7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 8. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY 9. Outer space???Exploration 10. Physicists???Biography 11. Science???History 12. Space Exploration and Astronautics 13. TECHNOLOGY
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TitleThe Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science : How Crises and Great Minds Have Shaped Our Modern World
Author(s)Jaeger, Lars
PublicationCham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
DescriptionXIV, 251 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThe 70 years from 1880 to 1950 witnessed the final ascent of humankind into the modern age. Historically, this period is characterized by deep political, social and economic crises. However, parallel to this and much less known in the public, rational scientific thinking also experienced the darkest and deepest crisis of its own history. All the great modern scientific discoveries like quantum theory, genetics and neurology are products of this. Ground-breaking discoveries, profound crises, revolutionary thoughts, refutation of previously unshakable beliefs - these years are marked by scientific achievements of numerous great minds, who overturned our understanding of the world, of space, time and infinity, of life, logic and calculability almost overnight. The "intuitive genius" of these pioneers still forms the foundation of today???s scientific thinking and technological progress. In fact, tackling and overcoming those deep scientific crises shaped our modern life like nothing else. The resulting reorientation of our understanding of nature and ourselves allowed ancient philosophical questions to appear in a new light: "What is reality?", "What can we know about the world?" or "What is man's place in nature?". The most exciting period in the history of science is retold here in an entertaining way
ISBN,Price9783031096181
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 6. Philosophy of Technology 7. Physicists???Biography 8. Science, Technology and Society 9. Science???History 10. Technology???Philosophy 11. Technology???Sociological aspects
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TitleWilliam Shockley: The Will to Think
Author(s)Lojek, Bo
PublicationCham, Springer International Publishing, 2021.
DescriptionX, 224 p. 161 illus., 60 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley???s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics ??? culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor ??? and his views on the social issues of his time. The author???s unparalleled access to Shockley???s personal documents provides insight into a colorful, yet controversial, man, and also sheds light on the attitudes of other prominent scientists of that era. Shockley was not only an outstanding scientist in his own right but also a fiercely independent thinker in perpetual search of the truth. His contributions to the field known today as microelectronics are enormous and unmatched. This book explores the critical facets of Shockley???s life, replete with never-before-published photos and excerpts from his private correspondence and personal notebooks. The book also delves into Shockley???s views on genetics and human intelligence. It tells the story of a man beset by an unrelenting rationality, slandered by the popular media, and ultimately alienated by his peers. It discusses his controversial, although sometimes prescient, ideas regarding human genetics, putting these into the context of modern research findings. Today, William Shockley is perhaps just as enigmatic as his work and accomplishments. The author presents a convincing argument that Shockley still has much to say about the issues of our age, and many of his ideas deserve evaluation in the public forum
ISBN,Price9783030659585
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. Demography 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 8. Evolutionary genetics 9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 10. Physicists???Biography 11. POPULATION 12. Population and Demography 13. Science???History 14. SEMICONDUCTORS
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TitleArthur E. Haas - The Hidden Pioneer of Quantum Mechanics : A Biography
Author(s)Wiescher, Michael
PublicationCham, Springer International Publishing, 2021.
DescriptionXVII, 560 p. 181 illus., 114 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThe book highlights the personal and scientific struggles of Arthur Erich Haas (1884-1941), an Austrian Physicist from a wealthy Jewish middle-class family, whose remarkable accomplishments in a politically hostile but scientifically rewarding environment deserve greater recognition. Haas was a fellow student of both Lise Meitner and Erwin Schr??dinger and was also one of the last doctoral students of Ludwig Boltzmann. Following Boltzmann's suicide, Haas was forced to submit a more independent doctoral thesis in which he postulated new approaches in early quantum theory, actually introducing the idea of the Bohr radius before Niels Bohr. It is the lost story of a trailblazer in the fields of quantum mechanics and cosmology, a herald of nuclear energy and applications of modern science. This biography of Haas is based on new and previously unpublished family records and archived material from the Vienna Academy of Science and the University of Notre Dame, which the author has collected over many years. From his analysis of the letters, documents, and photos that rested for nearly a century in family attics and academic archives, Michael Wiescher provides a unique and detailed insight into the life of a gifted Jewish physicist during the first half of the twentieth century. It also sheds light on the scientific developments and thinking of the time. It appeals not only to historians and physicists, but also general readers. All appreciate the record of Haas??? interactions with many of the key figures who helped to found modern physics
ISBN,Price9783030806064
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology 6. History of Physics and Astronomy 7. Jewish History 8. Judaism???History 9. Physicists???Biography 10. Physics???History 11. QUANTUM PHYSICS 12. SCIENCE
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TitleBoris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927???1931 : Neglected Debates on Emergence and Reduction
Author(s)Talbot, Chris;Pattison, Olga
PublicationCham, Springer International Publishing, 2021.
DescriptionIX, 169 p. 7 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his ???Social and Economic Roots of Newton???s Principia??? presented in London (1931), which inspired new approaches in the West. As a philosopher and a physicist, he was tasked with developing a Marxist approach to science in the 1920s. He studied the history of physics to clarify issues such as reductionism and causality as they applied to new developments. With the philosophers called the ???Dialecticians???, his debates with the opposing ???Mechanists??? on the issue of emergence are still worth studying and largely ignored in the many recent works on this subject. Taken as a whole, the book is a goldmine of insights into both the foundations of physics and Soviet history
ISBN,Price9783030700454
Keyword(s)1. Astronomers???Biography 2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Europe, Eastern???History 6. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology 7. History of Physics and Astronomy 8. Marxian school of sociology 9. Marxist Sociology 10. PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS 11. Physicists???Biography 12. Physics???History 13. Physics???Philosophy 14. Russia???History 15. Russian, Soviet, and East European History 16. SCIENCE 17. Soviet Union???History
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