Publication

1993 - Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL1404199M
  • ISBN-100387564802
  • OCLC Control Number27429720
  • Library of Congress Control Number93012318
  • Goodreads1844002

Classifications

  • DDC539.7/094/090042
  • LCCQC773.3.E9 F58 1993

Description

Nuclear physics between 1921 and 1947 shaped more than any other science thepolitical landscape of our century and the public opinion on physical research. Using quantitative scientometric methods, a new branch in the history of science, the author focuses on the developments of nuclear physics in these formative years paying special attention to theimpact of German emigrants on the evolution of the field as a cognitive and social unity. The book is based on a thorough analysis of various citation analyses thus producing results that should be more replicable and more objective. The scientometric techniques should complement the more qualitative approach usually applied in historical writing. This makes the text an interesting study also for the historian in general.

Subjects

Topics

PhysicsHistoryBiographyImmigrantsNuclear fusionNuclear physicsIntellectual life

Times

Genres

  • Biography.

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