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

Author(s)

• Fox, Robert
• Gooday, Graeme

Bibliographic Information

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

edited by Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday

Oxford University Press, c2005

Note

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

• NCID: BB14005706
• ISBN:
  • 9780198567929
• LCCN: 2005296514
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 363 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC47.G73
  • DC22 : 530.09425/74
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- England -- Oxford -- History
  • LCSH : Physics -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- England -- Oxford -- History
  • LCSH : University of Oxford -- History