UID:
almafu_9958094855402883
Format:
1 online resource (volumes) :
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illustrations (some color)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780520341081
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0520341082
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9780585346656
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0585346658
Series Statement:
California Studies in the History of Science Series ; Volume 5
Content:
The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science was born. Here we learn how Ernest Lawrence used local and national technological, economic, and manpower resources to build the cyclotron, which enabled scientists to produce high-voltage particles without high voltages. The cyclotron brought Lawrence forcibly and permanently to the attention of leaders of international physics in Brussels at the Solvay Congress of 1933. Ever since, the Rad Lab has played a prominent part on the world stage. The book tells of the birth of nuclear chemistry and nuclear medicine in the Laboratory, the discoveries of new isotopes and the transuranic elements, the construction of the ultimate cyclotron, Lawrence's Nobel Prize, and the energy, enthusiasm, and enterprise of Laboratory staff. Two more volumes are planned to carry the story through the Second World War, the establishment of the system of national laboratories, and the loss of Berkeley's dominance of high-energy physics.
Note:
No more published.
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"A Centennial book"--V. 1, p. [iii].
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Includes index.
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El Dorado --
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A Million Volts or Bust --
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Foundations of the Rad Lab --
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Research and Development, 1932-36 --
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Cast of Characters --
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American Cyclotronics --
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Technology Transfer --
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New Lines --
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Little-Team Research with Big-Time Consequences --
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Between Peace and War.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520064263
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520064267
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520341081
