Nature not mocked : places, people and science /
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Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | London : Singapore : |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P401#t=toc |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x,262pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index. |
ISBN: |
1860949169 (electronic bk.) 9781860949166 (electronic bk.) |
CLC: | N |
Contents: | pt. 1. Temples of science. ch. 1. The Royal Institution: then and now. The beginnings. Creating and communicating science. The philosopher's tree: how Faraday created today's Royal Institution. A special friday night. Christmas lectures in Japan. ch. 2. Conversation rooms. ch. 3. The Institut Laue-Langevin: a crucidble of European sciences -- pt. 2. Some past masters. ch. 4. Count Rumford's European travels. ch. 5. Humphry Davy's quest for research funding. ch. 6. Michael Faraday as a materials scientist -- pt. 3. Some folks you meet. ch. 7. Christian Klixbull J rgensen (1931 -2001). Inorganic spectroscopist extraordinaire. 'Whereof Man cannot speak'. Klixbull J rgensen and the language of science. ch. 8. Olivier Kahn (1943-1999). A (too) brief life. Molecules and magnets: the legacy of Olivier Kahn. ch. 9. Fred Dainton: scientist and public servant -- pt. 4. Molecules, solids and properties. ch. 10. Magnets from molecules. The pre-history. The chemistry of magnets. Magnets without metals. ch. 11. Mixed-valence compounds. ch. 12. Superconductors past, present, and future. ch. 13. Room at the bottom. ch. 14. Molecular information processing: will it happen? ch. 15. Connecting atoms with words. Low-dimensional materials. Linking molecules into solids. Exotic properties. Magnetics for chemists. A magnetic history -- pt. 5. Epilogue. Learning the rules of the game -- pt. 6. Bibliography. |