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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 과학사
· ISBN : 9780521830799
· 쪽수 : 314쪽
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Preface; 1. Establishment; 2. Cruises and war; 3. Expeditions; 4. Measurements - magnetic and electric; 5. The Fleming transition; 6. The last cruise; 7. The magnetic observatories and final land observations; 8. The ionosphere; 9. Collaboration and evaluation; 10. The Tesla coil; 11. The Van de Graaff; 12. The nuclear force; 13. Fission; 14. Cosmic rays; 15. The proximity fuze and the war effort; 16. The Tuve transition; 17. Post-war nuclear physics; 18. The cyclotron; 19. Biophysics; 20. Explosion seismology; 21. Isotope geology; 22. Radio astronomy; 23. Image tubes; 24. Computers; 25. Earthquake seismology; 26. Strainmeters; 27. The Bolton and Wetherill years; 28. Astronomy; 29. The Solar System; 30. Geochemistry; 31. Island-arc volcanoes; 32. Seismology revisited; 33. Geochemistry and cosmochemistry; 34. The Solomon transition; 35. The support staff; Epilogue; References and notes.