History of physics and astronomy at Rutgers
Subtitle: the State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1771-2000
By: by Allen B. Robbins
Publisher: Gateway Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: History; Physics; Study and teaching (Higher); Astronomy; Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy; Rutgers University
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-261).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: IChapters; title: I. Founding of Queen's College (1755-1771); title: 2. Opening of Queen's College (1771-1816); title: 3. Rutgers College/ Theodore Strong (1827-1859); title: 4. Rutgers Scientific School (1859-1880); title: 5. Physics Department/ Francis Cuyler Van Dyck (1880-1917); title: 6. The State University of New Jersey/ Otis Gage (1917-1920); title: 7. Physics Graduate Program/ George Winchester (1921-1946); title: 8. Post-War Research Program/ Frank Dunnington (1946-1952); title: 9. Expanding Physics Program/ Charles Whitmner (1952-1959); title: 10. Move to Busch Campus/ Henry Torrey (1959-1964); title: 11. NSF Science Development Grant/ Peter Weiss (1964-1972); title: 12, Astrophysics Program/ Harold Zapolsky (1973-1979); title: 13. New High Energy Theory Center/ Allen Robbins (1979-1995); title: 14. Telescope Consortium/Paul Leath (1995-2000); title: Appendices; title: 1. Rutgers Physics Faculty; title: 2. Douglass Physics Faculty; title: 3. Ph.D. Degrees in Physics and Astronomy; title: References.