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Nature not mocked : places, people and science /

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Main Authors: Day, P. (Author)
Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Published: Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
Publisher Address: London : Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Science.
Technology.
Electronic books.
Online Access: 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.

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