Yoshio Nishina

Yoshio Nishina
Author: Dong-Won Kim
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007-05-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420012460

Yoshio Nishina not only made a great contribution to the emergence of a research network that produced two Nobel prize winners, but he also raised the overall level of physics in Japan. Focusing on his roles as researcher, teacher, and statesman of science, Yoshio Nishina: Father of Modern Physics in Japan analyzes Nishina's position in and his con

Quantum revolution

Quantum revolution
Author: G. Venkataraman
Publisher: Universities Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1997
Genre: Quantum electrodynamics
ISBN: 9788173710032

Scientific Research In World War II

Scientific Research In World War II
Author: Ad Maas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2009-01-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135784574

This book seeks to explore how scientists across a number of countries managed to cope with the challenging circumstances created by World War II. No scientist remained unaffected by the outbreak of WWII. As the book shows, there were basically two opposite ways in which the war encroached on the life of a scientific researcher. In some cases, the outbreak of the war led to engagement in research in support of a war-waging country; in the other extreme, it resulted in their marginalisation. The book, starting with the most marginalised scientist and ending with those fully engaged in the war-effort, covers the whole spectrum of enormously varying scientific fates. Distinctive features of the volume include: a focus on the experiences of ‘ordinary’ scientists, rather than on figureheads like Oppenheimer or Otto Hahn contributions from a range of renowned academics including Mark Walker, an authority in the field of science in World War II a detailed study of the Netherlands during the German Occupation This richly illustrated volume will be of major interest to researchers of the history of science, World War II, and Modern History.

Gas Dynamics with Applications in Industry and Life Sciences

Gas Dynamics with Applications in Industry and Life Sciences
Author: Mohammad Asadzadeh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2023-12-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3031358716

This proceedings volume gathers selected contributions presented at two instances of the "JSPS/SAC Seminar: On Gas Kinetic/Dynamics and Life Science", held by the Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden, on March 25-26, 2021 (virtual) and March 17-18, 2022 (virtual). Works in this book provide a concise approach to the theoretical and numerical analysis of kinetic type equations that arise, for example, in modeling industrial, medical, and environmental problems. Readers will find some of the most recent theoretical results, newly developed numerical methods in the field, and some open problems. Possible application areas encompass fission/fusion energy, electromagnetics, nuclear science and engineering, medical service, radiation oncology, and plants growth conditions, to name a few. The JSPS/SAC seminars are jointly organized by JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)—Stockholm Office and the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg, Sweden. These seminars foster discussions on the mathematical theory, industrial and life science applications, and numerical analysis of non-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations modeling collision-less plasma and charged particles. Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Pedagogy and the Practice of Science

Pedagogy and the Practice of Science
Author: David Kaiser
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780262112888

Studies examining the ways in which the training of engineers and scientists shapes their research strategies and scientific identities.

Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures, The: 1988-1999

Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures, The: 1988-1999
Author: Gosta Ekspong
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814571628

The Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture series has become a very successful tradition in Swedish physics since it started in 1988. Theoretical high-energy physics dominates the subjects of the lectures, mirroring one of Klein's own main interests.This single volume is a compilation of the unique lectures previously produced in three separate volumes. The lectures are by world renowned experts in physics who have all contributed to the excitement of the field over the years. They continue to be of value to students and teachers alike.

Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures, The (Vol 2)

Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures, The (Vol 2)
Author: Gosta Ekspong
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1994-04-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814502960

The series of Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures is a must-read for those keenly involved or simply interested in exploring the many fascinating aspects of Physics. This volume presents two landmark lectures given by Hans Bethe in October 1990 and Alan H. Guth in June 1991 under the series of Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures. Hans Bethe's lectures dealt with two themes: the astrophysical importance of neutrinos in supernova outbursts and a theoretical account of neutrinos through observations of the neutrino flux from the centre of the sun. Anyone interested in understanding the processes involved in the collapse and explosion of a large star would certainly find this book enlightening. Alan H. Guth's lecture dealt with the various aspects of the origin of the universe — a topic which never fails to intrigue. The originator of the inflation scenario for the Big Bang theory, Guth has included his latest observations on the COBE satellite and their theoretical interpretation in this lecture. Anyone wishing to grasp the essentials of these ideas, will find in Guth's lecture a wealth of knowledge. This volume also presents for the first time in English the original derivation of the Klein-Nishima formula for Compton scattering and an account of the “Klein Paradox”. A special study reveals interesting facts on the callaboration between Oskar Klein and Yoshio Nishima in 1928 and further, surprising facts on the treatment by the Nobel Committee for Physics of the prize to A H Compton in 1927. Some translated autobiographic texts have also been included to acquaint the reader with Klein's interest in cosmology and his attempts to find the driving force behind the expanding system of galaxies, what Klein termed the Meta-galaxy.

French-Japanese Symposium on Nuclear Structure Problems

French-Japanese Symposium on Nuclear Structure Problems
Author: Hideaki Otsu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814417947

The book contains the papers presented in the French Japan Symposium on Nuclear Structure Problems, held in January 2011 at RIKEN Wako Campus with 100 participants. Based on the long history of collaboration between France and Japan in the field of nuclear physics, various problems in recent and future studies are discussed. Emphasis is on the structure of nuclei far from the stability, reactions involving stable and unstable nuclei, nuclear processes and properties in astrophysical interest, synthesis of super-heavy elements, and instrumentation and accelerator projects.

Nuclear Structure Problems - Proceedings of the French-Japanese Symposium

Nuclear Structure Problems - Proceedings of the French-Japanese Symposium
Author: Hideaki Otsu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814417955

The book contains the papers presented in the FrenchOCoJapan Symposium on Nuclear Structure Problems, held in January 2011 at RIKEN Wako Campus with 100 participants.Based on the long history of collaboration between France and Japan in the field of nuclear physics, various problems in recent and future studies are discussed. Emphasis is on the structure of nuclei far from the stability, reactions involving stable and unstable nuclei, nuclear processes and properties of astrophysical interest, synthesis of super-heavy elements, and instrumentation and accelerator projects."

Science and the Building of a New Japan

Science and the Building of a New Japan
Author: M. Low
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2005-08-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1403976929

This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material.