Solid State Insurrection : How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter.
Martin, Joseph D.
Solid State Insurrection : How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. What Is Solid State Physics and Why Does It Matter? -- 1. The Pure Science Ideal and Its Malcontents -- 2. How Physics Became "What Physicists Do -- 3. Balkanizing Physics -- 4. The Publication Problem -- 5. Big Solid State Physics at the National Magnet Laboratory -- 6. Solid State and Materials Science -- 7. Responses to the Reductionist Worldview -- 8. Becoming Condensed Matter Physics -- 9. Mobilizing against Megascience -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A new perspective to some of the most enduring questions about the role of physics in American history.
9780822986294
Physics.
Electronic books.
QC176
530.4/1
Solid State Insurrection : How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. What Is Solid State Physics and Why Does It Matter? -- 1. The Pure Science Ideal and Its Malcontents -- 2. How Physics Became "What Physicists Do -- 3. Balkanizing Physics -- 4. The Publication Problem -- 5. Big Solid State Physics at the National Magnet Laboratory -- 6. Solid State and Materials Science -- 7. Responses to the Reductionist Worldview -- 8. Becoming Condensed Matter Physics -- 9. Mobilizing against Megascience -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A new perspective to some of the most enduring questions about the role of physics in American history.
9780822986294
Physics.
Electronic books.
QC176
530.4/1