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Solid State Insurrection : How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822986294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Solid State InsurrectionDDC classification:
  • 530.4/1
LOC classification:
  • QC176
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A new perspective to some of the most enduring questions about the role of physics in American history.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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