Great solid state physicists of the 20th century
By: editors, Julio A. Gonzalo & Carmen Aragó López.
Contributors: Gonzalo, Julio A.; Aragó López, Carmen.
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 2003
Place of publication: River Edge, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Physicists -- Biography.; Solid state physics -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Braggs. The Braggs / A.M. Glazer; title: William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) / E.N. da C. Andrade; title: William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) / David Phillips; title: pt. 2. Peter Debye. Peter Debye : a life for science / Eric Courtens; title: Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye (1884-1966) / Mansel Davies; title: pt. 3. John Bardeen. John Bardeen (1908-1991) / Fernando Sols; title: Semiconductor research leading to the point contact transistor : Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 ; Electron-phonon interactions and superconductivity : Nobel lecture, December 11, 1972 / John Bardeen; title: pt. 4. Lev Davidovich Landau. About L.D. Landau, the great physicist / V.L. Ginzburg; title: Physics Nobel Prize winner, 1962 : presentation at 1962 Nobel Prize ceremony / I. Waller; title: pt. 5. The relevance of materials science. The relevance of materials science / Stanley L. Jaki; title: The Nobel Prize in solid state physics : laureates [from 2001 to 1901] / The Nobel Foundation.