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Author Brown, Louis, 1929-2004.

Title Centennial history of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Vol. II, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism / Louis Brown.

Imprint Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004-

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 ESTABLISHMENT; 2 CRUISES AND WAR; 3 EXPEDITIONS; 4 MEASUREMENTS: MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC; 5 THE FLEMING TRANSITION; 6 THE LAST CRUISE; 7 THE MAGNETIC OBSERVATORIES AND FINAL LAND OBSERVATIONS; 8 THE IONOSPHERE; 9 COLLABORATION AND EVALUATION; 10 THE TESLA COIL; 11 THE VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATOR; 12 THE NUCLEAR FORCE; 13 FISSION; 14 COSMIC RAYS; 15 THE PROXIMITY FUZE AND THE WAR EFFORT; 16 THE TUVE TRANSITION; 17 POSTWAR NUCLEAR PHYSICS; 18 THE CYCLOTRON; 19 BIOPHYSICS; 20 EXPLOSION SEISMOLOGY; 21 ISOTOPE GEOLOGY.
Summary The second of five Histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington describes the work of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. A century of research has seen advances in an astonishing range of subjects from ionospheric physics, to geochemistry and planetary science. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs of people and events.
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Subject Carnegie Institution of Washington -- History.
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
History.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism -- History.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Research -- United States -- History.
Research.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Louis, 1929- Centennial history of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Vol. II, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004- 0521830796 (DLC) 2003069739 (OCoLC)54001511
ISBN 051108076X (electronic book)
9780511080760 (electronic book)
051108000X (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780511080005 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)