Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : laboratories, learning, and college life / / edited by Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday.

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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:xix, 363 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Physics in Oxford: problems and perspectives / Robert Fox ... [et al.]
  • Context and practices of Oxford Physics, 1839-77 / Robert Fox
  • Robert Bellamy Clifton and the 'depressing inheritance' of the Clarendon Laboratory, 1877-1919 / Graeme Gooday
  • Laboratories and physics in Oxford Colleges, 1848-1947 / Tony Simcock
  • Mechanical physicists, the Millard Laboratory, and the transition from physics to engineering / Tony Simcock
  • Translating ion physics from Cambridge to Oxford: John Townsend and the Electrical Laboratory, 1900-24 / Benoit Lelong
  • Lindemann Era / Jack Morrell
  • Redfining the context: Oxford and the wider world of British physics, 1900-1940 / Jeff Hughes
  • Epilogue / Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday
  • Appendix I. The classification of the Oxford B.A.
  • Appendix II. The syllabus for the Oxford B.A., 1831-1872
  • Appendix III. Letter from Robert Clifton to Sir William Thomson.