Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

2858. HOME, R.W. “William Sutherland and the
‘Sutherland-Einstein’ Diffusion Relation: Theoretical
Physics in a Colonial Setting.” Special Issue: Colonial
Science [ref. 658]. Hist. Scientiarum 15 (2005):
125–138.
2859. HULL, McAllister H., and Amy BIANCO.
Rider of the Pale Horse: A Memoir of Los Alamos
and Beyond. (158 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Albuquerque:
Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2005. ISBN:
0826335535.
On Hull’s experience at Los Alamos during and after World
War II.
2860. HUMBERT, Christophe, André PEREMANS,
and Christophe SILIEN. “Le Laser.” Rev. Quest. Sci.
176 (2005): 97–162.
On the historical development of the science relevant to the
creation of the laser.
2861. HUNTER, Graeme K. Light is a Messenger:
The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg.
(xxi + 301 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Oxford: Oxford
Univ. Press, 2004. ISBN: 019852921X.
Reviews: [ref. R449]
2862. IANNIELLO, Maria Grazia. “Quando finiscono
gli esperimenti: il caso di Franck ed Hertz (1913–
1925).” Physis 39 (2002): 109–160.
2863. JANSSEN, Michel. “Introduction: 2005: The
Centenary of Einstein’s annus mirabilis.” Special
Issue: 2005: The Centenary of Einstein’s annus
mirabilis. Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 37 (2006):
1–4.
Contents: Robert RYNASIEWICZ and Jürgen RENN, “The
Turning Point for Einstein’s Annus mirabilis,” 5–35; Jos
UFFINK, “Insuperable Difficulties: Einstein’s Statistical Road
to Molecular Physics,” 36–70; John D. NORTON, “Atoms,
Entropy, Quanta: Einstein’s Miraculous Argument of 1905,”
71–100; A.J. KOX, “Confusion and Clarification: Albert
Einstein and Walther Nernst’s Heat Theorem, 1911–1916,”
101–114; Norbert STRAUMANN and Domenico GUILINI,
“Einstein’s Impact on the Physics of the Twentieth Century,”
115–173; Dennis DIEKS, “Another Look at General Covariance
and the Equivalence of Reference Frames,” 174–191;
Simon SAUNDERS, “On the Explanation for Quantum Statistics,”
192–211; N.P. LANDSMAN, “When Champions Meet:
Rethinking the Bohr-Einstein Debate,” 212–242.
2864. JOHNSTON, Sean F. “From White Elephant
to Nobel Prize: Dennis Gabor’s Wavefront Reconstruction.”
Hist. Stud. Phys. Biol. Sci. 36 (2005):
35–70.
2865. KATZIR, Shaul. “On ‘The Electromagnetic
World-view’: A Comment on an Article by Suman
Seth.” Hist. Stud. Phys. Biol. Sci. 36 (2005): 189–
192.
Response to Suman SETH, “Quantum Theory and the Electromagnetic
World-view” Hist. Stud. Phys. Biol. Sci.
35 (2005): 67–93. Also includes reply by author: Suman
SETH, “Response to Shaul Katzir: ‘On the Electromagnetic
World-View’ ,” 193–196.
2866. KENNEDY, W. L. “On Einstein’s 1905 Electrodynamics
Paper.” Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 36
(2005): 61–65.
2867. KIM, Dong-Won. “Yoshio Nishina and Two
Cyclotrons.” Hist. Stud. Phys. Biol. Sci. 36 (2006):
243–273.
2868. KLOOT, William Van der. “Lawrence Bragg’s
Role in the Development of Sound-Ranging in World
370. Twentieth century 133
War I.” Notes Rec. Roy. Soc. Lond. 59 (2005): 273–
284.
2869. LEVENSON, Thomas. Einstein in Berlin. (viii
+ 486 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) New York: Bantam
Books, 2003. ISBN: 0553378449.
2870. MASSIMI, Michela. Pauli’s Exclusion Principle:
The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle.
(xiv + 211 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Cambridge:
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005. ISBN: 0521839114.
2871. MENDOZA, Diego Hurtado de. “Autonomy,
even Regional Hegemony: Argentina and the ‘Hard
Way’ toward Its First Research Reactor (1945–
1958).” Special Issue: Science in Latin-American
Contexts – Historical Studies [ref. 34]. Sci. Context
18 (2005): 285–308.
2872. MONALDI, Daniela. “The Fate of the
Mesotron: The Rome Experiment on the Nuclear
Absorption of Hard Cosmic Rays.” Diss. Abstr. Int. A
66/06 (2005): 2363.
Dissertation at the University of Toronto, 2005. UMI pub.
no. NR0262. 311 pp.
2873. NAVARRO, Luis, and Enric PÉREZ. “Paul
Ehrenfest: The Genesis of the Adiabatic Hypothesis,
1911–1914.” Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 60 (2006): 209–
267.
2874. OKAMOTO Takuji. “Percy Williams Bridgman
and the Establishment of Theoretical Physics at
Harvard.” Hist. Scientiarum 14 (2004): 1–48.
2875. OZAWA, Takeshi. “Arnold Sommerfelds Aufenthalt
in Japan.” Hist. Scientiarum 15 (2005): 44–65.
2876. PARKINSON, Gavin. “Surrealism and Quantum
Mechanics: Dispersal and Fragmentation in Art,
Life, and Physics.” Volume Title: Writing Modern
Art and Science [ref. 1982]. Sci. Context 17 (2004):
557–577.
2877. PETERS, Klaus-Heinrich. Schönheit, Exaktheit,
Wahrheit: Der Zusammenhang von Mathematik
und Physik am Beispiel der Geschichte der Distributionen.
(ix + 260 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Diepholz:
GNT-Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 3928186744.
2878. PLANCK, Max. Vorträge, Reden, Erinnerungen.
Edited by Hans ROOS and Armin HERMANN.
(viii + 224 pp.; bibl.) Berlin und New York: Springer,
2001. ISBN: 3540412743.
Reviews: [ref. R727]
2879. PROVOST, Jean-Pierre, and Christian
BRACCO. “La Relativité de Poincaré de 1905 et
les Transformations Actives.” Arch. Hist. Exact Sci.
60 (2006): 337–351.
2880. ROWLINSON, J. S. “Einstein: The Classical
Physicist.” Notes Rec. Roy. Soc. Lond. 59 (2005):
255–271.
2881. SCHAFFERS, V. “Les électrons.” Rev. Quest.
Sci. 175 (2004): 166–208.
Reprint of an 1903 article. Includes an introduction: Guy
DEMORTIER, “‘Il y a un siècle, on lisait dans la Revue des
Questions Scientifiques’” Rev. Quest. Sci. 175 (2004):
163–165.
2882. SEXL, Lore, and Anne HARDY. Lise Meitner:
Monographie. (153 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Reinbek
bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 2002. ISBN:
3499504391.
Reviews: [ref. R834]