British Scientists of the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor J G Crowther Zusammenfassung Following on from British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century, this volume covers six eminent British scientists whose work and personality have not receded into the same depth of perspective as their predecessors of the Nineteenth Century, but the tremendous changes following the two world wars have already cut them off sharply from this generation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Joseph John Thomson, 1865-1940. 2 Ernest Rutherford, 1871-1937. 3 James Hopwood Jeans, 1877-1946. 4 Arthur Stanley Eddington, 1882- 1944. 5 Frederick Gowland Hopkins, 1861-1947. 6 William Bateson, 1861-1926. Bibliography. Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: J G Crowther
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.08.2008
• EAN: 9780415474535
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47453-5
• Seiten: 352
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, SCIENCE / General, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, History of Science