Millikan's School A History of the California Institute of Technology

Judith R. Goodstein

ISBN 10: 0393030172 / ISBN 13: 9780393030174

Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991

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Inscribed by author on ffep to the wife of Kelly Johnson, who was voted 8th in Aviation Week & Space Technology's 100 most important, most interesting, and most influential people in the first century of aerospace. A typed, signed letter is laid in from Thomas E. Everhart, president of Cal Tech. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1.30 inches; Signed by Author.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Millikan's School A History of the California Institute of Technology
• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393030172
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393030174
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

Written in honour of its centenary, this history of Caltech explores its contribution to science and technology by providing profiles of its most famous scientists, such as von Karman in aeronautics, Morgan in biology, Gutenberg in seismology, Noyes in physical chemistry and Epstein in physics.

À propos de l?auteur

Judith R. Goodstein, PhD, is University Archivist and faculty associate at Caltech. She has taught history at Cal State Dominguez Hills and UCLA, while building from scratch an archive and rare book collection about the history of science. She is married to Professor David Goodstein.