Malcolm Longair

Gebundenes Buch

Maxwell's Enduring Legacy

A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory

Beschreibung

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Autor

Malcolm Longair is Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development at the Cavendish Laboratory. He was appointed the ninth Astronomer Royal of Scotland in 1980, as well as the Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, and the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1997 to 2005 and he has served on and chaired many international committees, boards and panels, working with both NASA and the European Space Agency. He has received much recognition for his work over the years, including a CBE in the millennium honours list for his services to astronomy and cosmology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 650
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 193mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1619g
• ISBN-13: 9781107083691
• ISBN-10: 1107083699
• Artikelnr.: 44263400