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Rockets and People, v.4: The Moon race

By B E Chertok

Book information

Publisher
NASA
Year
2011
ISBN
0160766729, 9780160766725, 9780160817335, 0160817331, 9780160895593, 0160895596
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5289363 bytes)
Series
The NASA history series.; NASA SP, 4110
Pages
707\707
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2012-12-29 17:00:00
автобиографии;Мемуары ученых;Черток БорисБиблиотека;Мемуарыдневники

Description

Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips, Professor Casimir is the ideal person to place half a century of developments in physics within the context of important events in the world V. 1. [no special title] -- v. 2. Creating a rocket industry -- v. 3 Hot days of the Cold War -- v. 4. The moon race

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