Cover Image

Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : laboratories, learning, and college life /

Show other versions (1)

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 Lab...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fox, Robert, 1938- (Author, Editor), Gooday, Graeme (Author, Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
University of Oxford > History.
University of Oxford
Physics > Study and teaching (Higher) > England > Oxford > History.
Physics > Study and teaching (Graduate) > England > Oxford > History.
Physique > Étude et enseignement (2e et 3e cycles) > Angleterre > Oxford > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Physics > Study and teaching (Graduate)
Physics > Study and teaching (Higher)
England > Oxford
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.
ISBN:9780198567929
0198567928
9780191524455
019152445X
9786611346393
6611346392