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Among them are Blemis Bleaney, David Brink, Sir Roger Elliott, Dominic Flament, Robert Fox, John Roche, Paolo Salvatore, Rosemary Stewart, David Thomson, David Tranah, and John Tyrer. My thanks are due to the many people who have helped me either by reading parts of the text in draft and commenting or by dealing with particular questions. I have also provided some suggestions for further reading. At the end I have tried to draw some general conclusions. Any student of physics who might be looking for a role model will find some interesting possibilities. One thing that emerges clearly is that there is no such thing as a typical physicist.
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As we shall see, the remarkable physicists of our period were a surprisingly diverse collection of people. Each of the profiles is illustrated by a portrait of the subject, except for one case where none is known. The biographies are arranged chronologically by date of birth, so that when read in sequence they convey in human terms something of the way in which physics developed. In writing this book I have had in mind the reader who is interested in physics but is not necessarily familiar with the history of the subject. The reader who wishes for more detail about the technicalities can so easily find it elsewhere that only the briefest of indications are given here. By minimizing technical detail, I have been able to concentrate on a representative selection of physicists whose lives seem to me of special interest. The emphasis is mainly on their varied life-stories, not on the details of their achievements. The subjects have all made an important contribution to physics, through their ideas, through their teaching, or in other ways. There are five subjects in each of the ten chapters, making fifty profiles altogether. Preface This book is intended for those who would like to read something, but not too much, about the life-stories of some of the most remarkable physicists born between the middle of the sixteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth, a period of just over 350 years. John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) (1842–1919)Įrnest Rutherford (Lord Rutherford) (1871–1937)įrederick Lindemann (Lord Cherwell) (1886–1957)Įpilogue Further Reading Collections Acknowledgements William Thomson (Lord Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) Sir Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) (1753–1814) First published in print format 2004 isbn-13 isbn-10ĩ78-2-7 eBook (NetLibrary) 2-5 eBook (NetLibrary)Ĭambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Ioan James Mathematical Institute, OxfordĬambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York Information on this title: © Ioan James 2004 This publication is in copyright. Remarkable Physicists From Galileo to Yukawa Scientific and mathematical detail is kept to a minimum, so the reader who is interested in physics, but perhaps lacks the background to follow technical accounts, will find this collection an inviting and easy path through the subject’s modern development. The emphasis is on their varied life-stories, not on the details of their achievements, but, when read in sequence, the biographies, which are organized chronologically, convey in human terms something of the way in which physics was created. All the characters profiled have made important contributions to physics, through their ideas, through their teaching, or in other ways. The reader will find here the lives of fifty of the most remarkable physicists from that era described in brief biographies. Remarkable Physicists From Galileo to Yukawa The 250 years from the second half of the seventeenth century saw the birth of modern physics and its growth into one of the most successful of the sciences.