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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
0198567928
9780198567929
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
xix, 363 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-346) and index.
Contents
Physics in Oxford: problems and perspectives / Robert Fox ... [et al.]
Context and practices of Oxford Physics, 1839-77 / Robert Fox
Robert Bellamy Clifton and the 'depressing inheritance' of the Clarendon Laboratory, 1877-1919 / Graeme Gooday
Laboratories and physics in Oxford Colleges, 1848-1947 / Tony Simcock
Mechanical physicists, the Millard Laboratory, and the transition from physics to engineering / Tony Simcock
Translating ion physics from Cambridge to Oxford: John Townsend and the Electrical Laboratory, 1900-24 / Benoit Lelong
Lindemann Era / Jack Morrell
Redfining the context: Oxford and the wider world of British physics, 1900-1940 / Jeff Hughes
Epilogue / Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday
Appendix I. The classification of the Oxford B.A.
Appendix II. The syllabus for the Oxford B.A., 1831-1872
Appendix III. Letter from Robert Clifton to Sir William Thomson.
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