Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 - Laboratories, Learning and College Life

Informationen zum Autor Robert Fox is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford, UK.Graeme Gooday is Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, UK. Klappentext This book shows that physics in pre-war Oxford has a colourful and dynamic history. Its examination of physics teaching and research in the University's constituent colleges reveals a unique world that helped to make Oxford physics in the twentieth century a force to rival that of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. Zusammenfassung This book shows that physics in pre-war Oxford has a colourful and dynamic history. Its examination of physics teaching and research in the University's constituent colleges reveals a unique world that helped to make Oxford physics in the twentieth century a force to rival that of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge.

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• Authors: Professor Robert Gooday Fox, Robert Fox, Robert Gooday Fox
• Assisted by: Professor Robert Fox (Editor), Robert Fox (Editor), Graeme Gooday (Editor), Gooday Graeme (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2005
• EAN: 9780198567929
• ISBN: 978-0-19-856792-9
• No. of pages: 386
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Physics, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy