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Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : laboratories, learning, and college life / edited by Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--England--Oxford--History.
- Physics.
- Physics--Study and teaching (Graduate)--England--Oxford--History.
- University of Oxford--History.
- University of Oxford.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 363 p. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-171832-7
- 9786611346393
- 1-281-34639-X
- 0-19-152445-X
- OCLC:
- 58054253
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