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The midlife crisis of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty /
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scientific background -- 2.1. Fundamental forces -- 2.2. Model of the atom -- 2.3. Isotopes -- 2.4. Stability -- 2.5. Half-life -- 2.6. Fission and fusion3. Technology -- 3.1. Reactor physics -- 3.2. Nuclear…
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The continuing quest for missile defense :when lofty goals confront reality /
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. National missile defense history -- 2. Theater missile defense -- 3. The current architecture -- 4. Ballistic missile threats -- 5. Conclusion.This book provides an introduction to the complex story of missile defense, by recounting past…
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Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German princess :a milestone in the history of …
"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Prologue : physics pedagogy -- 1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment -- 1.1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 -- 1.2. Principal Enlightenment natural …
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Women and physics /
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How many women are in physics? -- 2.1. Historical women in physics -- 2.2. High school physics/upper secondary physics -- 2.3. Current trends in women's participation in physics -- 2.4. College/tertiary educ…
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Precise dimensions :a history of units from 1791-2018 /
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction -- Glimpses in brief -- 1. The metre and the metric system -- part 1. The making of the metre -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The birth of the metric system -- 1.3. The Meridian Expedition -- 1.4. How the Meridian was measured -- 1.5. From angles to metres -- 1.6. Measuring the base lines -- 1.7. Crun…
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Life with Hubble :an insider's view of the world's most famous telescope /
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A small error : the origin of spherical aberration -- 2. The road to redemption : learning to service in space -- 3. The sharper image : correcting spherical aberration -- 4. Leading the way : preparing to service Hubble -- 5. To the rescue : the first servicing mission -- 6. Transfiguration : life without spherical ab…
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Seeing the unseen :Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy /
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The birth of stellar interferometry -- 1.1. It all started with the last man who knew everything -- 1.2. The master of light -- 1.3. Along the way to the event horizon2. The Mount Wilson opportunity -- 2.1. Go west, young man -- 2.2. Michelson and Hale -- 2.3. Anderson and Merrill3. The pi?ece de r?esistance -- 3.1. Th…
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Time and time again :determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century /
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Changing times -- 1.1. Enlightenment in Western Europe : the Dutch Golden Age -- 1.2. Intermezzo : The rise of the scientist -- 1.3. Scholarly communication and scientific networks in the 17th century -- 1.4. Birth of the learned societies and their scientific journals -- 1.5. The 17th Century : …
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The Illuminated WindowStories across Time
The Illuminated Window is a unique journey through stained-glass installations that spans both time and place. Diverse in technique and style, these windows speak for the communities that created them. From the twelfth to the twenty-first century, we find in the windows stories of conflict, commemoration, devotion and celebration. Virginia Chieffo Raguin is our guide through the cathedrals of C…
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Prisoners of HistoryWhat Monuments to World War II Tell Us About Our History …
"Fascinating insights into the ways different nations have remembered or denied issues around national identity and the glory and horrors of war." ? The Spectator Keith Lowe, an award-winning author of books on WWII, saw monuments around the world taken down in political protest and began to wonder what monuments built to commemorate WWII say about us today. Focusing on these monuments, Prison…
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