Physicists of Ireland

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7503-0866-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Demonstrating the strength of tradition in Ireland, Physicists of Ireland: Passion and Precision is a collection of essays on leading figures from the history of physics in Ireland. It includes physicists born outside of Ireland who carried out significant work in Ireland as well as those who had strong Irish roots but carried out their work outside of Ireland. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photos of historical interest and rounded off with useful suggestions for further reading. It might come as a surprise to many that several leading English physicists are actually from Ireland.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCartney, Mark

Whitaker, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface William Petty 1623–1687, Robert Boyle 1627–1691, William Molyneux 1656–1698,Nicholas Callan 1799–1864, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse 1800–1867, Thomas Grubb 1800–1878 and Howard Grubb 1844–1931, William Rowan Hamilton 1805–1865, James MacCullagh 1809–1847, Thomas Andrews 1813–1885, George Gabriel Stokes 1819–1903, John Tyndall 1820–1893, Samuel Haughton 1821–1897, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin 1824–1907, George Johnstone Stoney 1826–1911, George Francis FitzGerald 1851–1901, Joseph Larmor 1857–1942, Frederick Thomas Trouton 1863–1922, John Sealy Edward Townsend 1868–1957, John A McClelland 1870–1920, Erwin Schro¨dinger 1887–1961, Cornelius Lanczos 1893–1974, John Synge 1897–1995, John Desmond Bernal 1901–1971, Ernest Walton 1903–1995, Walter Heitler 1904–1981, Sir William McCrea 1904–1999, Cormac O´ Ceallaigh 1912–1996, David Bates 1916–1994, John Stewart Bell 1928–1990, Lochlainn O´ Raifeartaigh 1933–2000

Über Autor(innen)

Mark McCartney, University of Ulster and Andrew Whitaker, Queen’s University Belfast.