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Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 laboratories, learning, and college life
Title
Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 [electronic resource] : laboratories, learning, and college life / edited by Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday.
ISBN
9780191718328 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 363 p.) : ill.
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Summary
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 20th century, a force to rival that of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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September 01, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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