A short history of physics in the American century
By: David C. Cassidy
Series: New histories of science, technology, and medicine
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780674049369
Subjects: Physics; Physicists; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Entering the new century; title: American physics comes of age; title: Surviving the depression; title: The physicists war; title: Taming the endless frontier; title: The new physics; title: Sputnik : action and reaction; title: Revising the partnership.