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A CENTURY OF PHYSICS - DAVID A BROMLEY KARTONIE...

In this amazing tour d'horizon  D. Allan Bromley uses the occasion of the centenary of the
American Physical Society to reflect upon the growth of physics over the past 100 years  its
fragmentation into numerous subdisciplines  the impact physics has had upon modern technology 
and the re-emergence of the fundamental unity of the discipline in recent years. Hundreds of
historical illustrations accompany the text. Bromley conveys much of the excitement and wonder
that research in physics generated in the 20th century and asks what new things are in store in
the next century. He covers such topics as relativity and quantum mechanics  the Manhattan
project  superconductivity  transistors and the revolution brought about by solid-state
electronics  protein folding  the uses of nuclear and atomic physics in biology and medicine 
plate tectonics  the expansion of the universe and the Big Bang  and gravitational radiation.
Bromley  the Sterling Professor of the Sciences and Dean of Yale University  served as
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Policy 1989-1993 and was president of the
American Physical Society in 1997. One of the World's leading nuclear scientists  he was
founder and director of Yale's nuclear structure laboratory and has received numerous medals
and awards  including the National Medal of Science.

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