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An outline of atomic physics

Title
An outline of atomic physics / by members of the physics staff of the University of Pittsburgh: Oswald H. Blackwood, Elmer Hutchisson, Thomas H. Osgood [and others] ...
Publication
New York : J. Wiley & Sons ; London : Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1937.

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Additional Authors
  • Blackwood, Oswald H. (Oswald Hance), 1888-1953.
  • University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics.
Description
ix, 414 pages : illustrations, diagrams; 24 cm
Alternative Title
  • Atomic physics
  • Atomic physics, An outline of
Subject
  • Atoms
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Quantum theory
  • Electrons
  • Quantum Theory
  • Electrons
  • Atoomfysica
  • Moleculaire dynamica
  • Kwantummechanica
  • Elektronen
  • Fisica Nuclear
Note
  • "Answers to problems": p. 395-397.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography at end of each chapter except the first.
Contents
By way of introduction -- The atomic nature of matter -- The atomic nature of electricity -- The corpuscular nature of radiant energy -- Spectroscopy -- The planetary model of the atom -- X-rays -- Waves and corpuscles -- Atomic spectra -- The periodic system -- Molecular structure -- Radioactivity -- Neutrons, positrons, and nuclei -- The theory of relativity -- Astrophysics -- New light on old problems -- Appendices. I. Electrical units -- II. Important physical constants and conversion factors -- III. Angular distribution of scattered alpha particles -- IV. Derivation of the Lorentz transformation equations.
LCCN
37015319
OCLC
  • ocm00666181
  • 666181
  • SCSB-421217
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library