Progress in Surface and Membrane Science
Volume 13
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: D. A. Cadenhead, J. F. Danielli
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 1 5 3 - 4
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 9 9 3 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 4 9 6 - 1
Physics: 1901-1921 presents the Nobel lectures, presentation addresses, and biographies of scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physics during the years 1901-1921. These Nobel… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhysics: 1901-1921 presents the Nobel lectures, presentation addresses, and biographies of scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physics during the years 1901-1921. These Nobel laureates include Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, Joseph John Thomson, Gabriel Lippmann, Guglielmo Marconi, Max Planck, and Albert Einstein. Their lectures cover topics ranging from the theory of electrons and the propagation of light to radioactivity, cathode rays, and carriers of negative electricity. This volume begins with the presentation speech by C. T. Odhner, president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and former rector of the National Archives, for Röntgen, followed by Röntgen's lecture. This is followed by presentation speeches, lectures, and biographies of other physicists such as Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Pieter Zeeman, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, Lord Rayleigh, Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard, Joseph John Thomson, Albert Abraham Michelson, Gabriel Lippmann, Guglielmo Marconi, Carl Ferdinand Braun, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Wilhelm Wien, Nils Gustaf Dalén, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Max von Laue. Other Nobel Prize winners featured in this book are William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg, Charles Glover Barkla, Max Planck, Johannes Stark, Charles-Édward Guillaume, and Albert Einstein. This book will be of interest to physicists and other scientists.
Foreword
Publisher's Note
1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Motivation
Presentation
Biography
1902 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman
Motivation
Presentation
The Theory of Electrons and the Propagation of Light
Biography
Light Radiation in a Magnetic Field
Biography
1903 Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie and Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Motivation
Presentation
On Radioactivity, a New Property of Matter
Biography
Radioactive Substances, Especially Radium
Biography
Biography
1904 Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Motivation
Presentation
The Density of Gases in the Air and the Discovery of Argon
Biography
1905 Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
Motivation
Presentation
On Cathode Rays
Biography
1906 Joseph John Thomson
Motivation
Presentation
Carriers of Negative Electricity
Biography
1907 Albert Abraham Michelson
Motivation
Presentation
Recent Advances in Spectroscopy
Biography
1908 Gabriel Lippmann
Motivation
Presentation
Colour Photography
Biography
1909 Guglielmo Marconi and Carl Ferdinand Braun
Motivation
Presentation
Wireless Telegraphic Communication
Biography
Electrical Oscillations and Wireless Telegraphy
Biography
1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Motivation
Presentation
The Equation of State for Gases and Liquids
Biography
1911 Wilhelm Wien
Motivation
Presentation
On the Laws of Thermal Radiation
Biography
1912 Nils Gustaf Dalén
Motivation
Presentation
Biography
1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Motivation
Presentation
Investigations Into the Properties of Substances at Low Temperatures, Which Have Led, Amongst Other Things, to the Preparation of Liquid Helium
Biography
1914 Max von Laue
Motivation
Presentation
Concerning the Detection of X-Ray Interferences
Biography
1915 William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg
Motivation
Account of the Braggs' Work
Biography
The Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals
Biography
1916 ( Prize Not Awarded )
1917 Charles Glover Barkla
Motivation
Account of Barkla's Work
Characteristic Röntgen Radiation
Biography
1918 Max Planck
Motivation
Presentation
The Genesis and Present State of Development of the Quantum Theory
Biography
1919 Johannes Stark
Motivation
Presentation
Structural and Spectral Changes of Chemical Atoms
Biography
1920 Charles-Édouard Guillaume
Motivation
Presentation
Invar and Elinvar
Biography
1921 Albert Einstein
Motivation
Presentation
Fundamental Ideas and Problems of the Theory of Relativity
Biography
Name Index
Subject Index
Index of Biographies
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483211534
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483199931
- eBook ISBN: 9781483224961
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Department of Biochemical Pharmacology,School of Pharmacy,State University of New York at Buffalo,Buffalo, New YorkRead Progress in Surface and Membrane Science on ScienceDirect