Discovering Alvarez
Selected Works of Luis W. Alvarez with Commentary by His Students and Colleagues
282 pages, 25 halftones, 69 line drawings 8-1/2 x 11
©
1988
Cloth $65.00
ISBN: 9780226813042
Published December 1987
Preface 1. The Defraction Grating at Grazing Incidence Franklin Miller, Jr. 2. Some Early Days of Cosmic Rays H. Victor Neher 3. K-Electron Capture by Nuclei Emilio Segrè 4. Isotopes of Mass 3 Hans A. Bethe Discovery of Hydrogen/Helium Three Robert Cornog 5. The Neutron Magnetic Moment Norman F. Ramsey 6. Neutron Scattering by Ortho- and Parahydrogen Kenneth S. Pitzer 7. The Mercury-198 Lamp: A New Standard of Length Jacob H. Wiens 8. Heavy Ions Cornelius A. Tobias 9. The War Years Lawrence Johnston 10. Building the Proton Linear Accelerator W. K. H. Panofsky 11. The Tandem Accelerator; Workhorse of Nuclear Physics Peter H. Rose 12. The Development of the Hydrogen Bubble Chamber M. Lynn Stevenson Life with Luie Robert D. Watt 13. Muon Catalysis of Fusion J. David Jackson 14. My First Days in the Alvarez Group Stanley G. Wojcicki 15. Magnetic Monopoles Philippe H. Eberhard 16. Using Cosmic Rays in the Search for Hidden Chambers in the Pyramids Luis W. Alvarez 17. Looking for Antimatter in the Cosmic Rays Andrew Buffington 18. Examining the Kennedy Assassination Evidence Richard L. Garwin 19. Submarines, Quarks, and Radioisotope Dating Richard A. Muller 20. Ivory Towers and Smokestacks William Humphrey 21. The Cretaceous-Tertiary Iridium Anomaly and the Asteroid Impact Theory Frank Asaro Appendix A: Biography Appendix B: Publications Appendix C: Patents Commentators
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