Centennial history of the Carnegie Institution of Washington | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Genre:History

Physical Description:5 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780521830782, 9780521830799, 9780521830805, 9780521830812, 9780521830829, 9780511535611, 9781107412422, 9780521842884, 0521830788, 0521830796, 052183080X, 0521830818, 0521830826, 0511535619, 1107412420, 0521842883

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:54001511

Contents:

Preface; 1. Establishment; 2. Cruises and war; 3. Expeditions; 4. Measurements - magnetic and electric; 5. The Fleming transition; 6. The last cruise; 7. The magnetic observatories and final land observations; 8. The ionosphere; 9. Collaboration and evaluation; 10. The Tesla coil; 11. The Van de Graaff; 12. The nuclear force; 13. Fission; 14. Cosmic rays; 15. The proximity fuze and the war effort; 16. The Tuve transition; 17. Post-war nuclear physics; 18. The cyclotron; 19. Biophysics; 20. Explosion seismology; 21. Isotope geology; 22. Radio astronomy; 23. Image tubes; 24. Computers; 25. Earthquake seismology; 26. Strainmeters; 27. The Bolton and Wetherill years; 28. Astronomy; 29. The Solar System; 30. Geochemistry; 31. Island-arc volcanoes; 32. Seismology revisited; 33. Geochemistry and cosmochemistry; 34. The Solomon transition; 35. The support staff; Epilogue; References and notes.

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