Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : laboratories, learning, and college life

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Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 : laboratories, learning, and college life

edited by Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday

Oxford University Press, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-346) and index

Contents of Works

  • Physics in Oxford : problems and perspectives / Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday, and Tony Simcock
  • The 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
  • The Lindemann Era / Jack Morrell
  • Redfining the context: Oxford and the wider world of British physics, 1900-1940 / Jeff Hughes
  • Epilogue / Robert Fox and 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

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