Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington Volume 2 The Department Of Terrestrial Magnetism
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Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington Volume 2 The Department Of Terrestrial Magnetism
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Author : Louis Brown
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-03-07
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington Volume 2 The Department Of Terrestrial Magnetism written by Louis Brown and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-07 with Science categories.
In 1902, Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Institution of Washington, to support innovative science research. Since its creation two years later, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism has undertaken a broad range of research from terrestrial magnetism, ionospheric physics and geochemistry to biophysics, radio astronomy and planetary science. This second volume in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution describes the people and events, the challenges and successes that the Department has witnessed over the last century. Contemporary photographs illustrate some of the remarkable expeditions and instruments developed in pursuit of scientific understanding, from sailing ships to nuclear particle accelerators and radio telescopes to mass spectrometers. These photographs show an evolution of scientific progress through the century, often done under trying, even exciting circumstances.
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington
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Release Date : 2004
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Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington The Department Of Plant Biology
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language : en
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Release Date : 2004
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington The Department Of Plant Biology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Research categories.
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington
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Author : Allan Sandage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01-31
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington written by Allan Sandage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-31 with Science categories.
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington 5 Volume Hardback Set
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Author : Allan Sandage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-09
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington 5 Volume Hardback Set written by Allan Sandage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09 with Science categories.
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington Volume 1 The Mount Wilson Observatory Breaking The Code Of Cosmic Evolution
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Author : Allan Sandage
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004
Centennial History Of The Carnegie Institution Of Washington Volume 1 The Mount Wilson Observatory Breaking The Code Of Cosmic Evolution written by Allan Sandage and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Science categories.
Since its foundation in 1904, the Mount Wilson Observatory has been at the centre of the development of astrophysics. Perched atop a mountain wilderness, two mammoth solar tower telescopes and the 60- and 100-inch behemoth night-time reflectors were all the largest in the world. Research has centred around two main themes - the evolution of stars and the development of the universe. This first volume in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution describes the people and events, the challenges and successes that the Observatory has witnessed. It includes biographical sketches of forty of the most famous Mount Wilson pioneer astronomers working during the first half of the twentieth century. Contemporary photographs illustrate the development and use of some of the innovative instruments that filled the observatory during this time. This story brings together the elements that formed modern theories of stellar evolution and cosmology.
Inventing Atmospheric Science
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Author : James Rodger Fleming
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2016-02-05
Inventing Atmospheric Science written by James Rodger Fleming and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with Science categories.
How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures. “The goal of meteorology is to portray everything atmospheric, everywhere, always,” declared John Bellamy and Harry Wexler in 1960, soon after the successful launch of TIROS 1, the first weather satellite. Throughout the twentieth century, meteorological researchers have had global ambitions, incorporating technological advances into their scientific study as they worked to link theory with practice. Wireless telegraphy, radio, aviation, nuclear tracers, rockets, digital computers, and Earth-orbiting satellites opened up entirely new research horizons for meteorologists. In this book, James Fleming charts the emergence of the interdisciplinary field of atmospheric science through the lives and careers of three key figures: Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898–1957), and Harry Wexler (1911–1962). In the early twentieth century, Bjerknes worked to put meteorology on solid observational and theoretical foundations. His younger colleague, the innovative and influential Rossby, built the first graduate program in meteorology (at MIT), trained aviation cadets during World War II, and was a pioneer in numerical weather prediction and atmospheric chemistry. Wexler, one of Rossby's best students, became head of research at the U.S. Weather Bureau, where he developed new technologies from radar and rockets to computers and satellites, conducted research on the Antarctic ice sheet, and established carbon dioxide measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. He was also the first meteorologist to fly into a hurricane—an experience he chose never to repeat. Fleming maps both the ambitions of an evolving field and the constraints that checked them—war, bureaucracy, economic downturns, and, most important, the ultimate realization (prompted by the formulation of chaos theory in the 1960s by Edward Lorenz) that perfectly accurate measurements and forecasts would never be possible.
Women Scientists In America
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Author : Margaret W. Rossiter
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-04-02
Women Scientists In America written by Margaret W. Rossiter and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions.
The Spinning Magnet
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Author : Alanna Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-01-30
The Spinning Magnet written by Alanna Mitchell and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with Science categories.
The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting power Alanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet. Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce intriguing characters--from the thirteenth-century French investigations into magnetism and the Victorian-era discover that electricity and magnetism emerge from the same fundamental force to the latest research. No one has ever told so eloquently how the Earth itself came to be seen as a magnet, spinning in space with two poles, and that those poles have dramatically reversed many time, often coinciding with mass extinctions. The most recent reversal was 780,000 years ago. Mitchell explores indications that the Earth's magnetic force field is decaying faster than previously thought. When the poles switch, a process that takes many years, the Earth is unprotected from solar radiation storms that would, among other disturbances, wipe out much and possible all of our electromagnetic technology. Navigation for all kinds of animals is disrupted without a stable, magnetic North Pole. But can you imagine no satellites, no Internet, no smartphones--maybe no power grids at all? Alanna Mitchell offers a beautifully crafted narrative history of surprising ideas and science, illuminating invisible parts of our own planet that are constantly changing around us.
12 Seconds Of Silence
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Author : Jamie Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2020
12 Seconds Of Silence written by Jamie Holmes and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the toughest problems of World War II: shooting things out of the sky. Working in a secretive organization known as Section T, a team of physicists, engineers, and everyday Joes and Janes took on a devilish challenge. To help the Allies knock airplanes out of the air, they created one of the world's first "smart weapons." Against overwhelming odds and in a race against time, mustering every scrap of resource, ingenuity, and insight, the scientists of Section T would eventually save countless lives, rescue the city of London from the onslaught of a Nazi superweapon, and help bring about the Axis defeat. A holy grail sought after by Allied and Axis powers alike, their unlikely innovation ranks with the atomic bomb as one of the most revolutionary technologies of the Second World War. Until now, their tale was largely untold. For fans of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre, set amidst the fog of espionage, dueling spies, and the dawn of an age when science would determine the fate of the world,12 Seconds of Silence is a tribute to the extraordinary wartime mobilization of American science and the ultimate can-do story.
