9780262023184 - The Laser in America, 1950-1970 di Bromberg, Joan Lisa (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 310pp, illustrations. Light shelf wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.

Condizione: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.62.

8vo. xiv, 310 pp. Illus., index. Black-stamped red cloth, dust-jacket; jacket corners a bit worn else fine. ISBN: 0262023180 "The laser has proved one of the most protean devices of our century. A mere thirty years after its invention, it already serves us in uses as varied as surgical instruments, "smart" bombs, printers, audio devices, telephone communication, cloth cutting, machining, and chemical research. In this book Joan Lisa Bromberg brings a historian's broad perspective to bear on the formative years of laser research in the United States. She demonstrates that, as lasers have become a means to probe the structure and changes of the physical universe, so the history of laser research constitutes a probe with which we can penetrate the structure of American science and engineering. The laser's history has been as multifaceted as its applications. To the heterogeneity of the groups that developed it, and the sheer size of the cast, must be added the lengthy and bitter disputes that have been fought over priority and patents. Bromberg does not set out to decide who is "right"; instead she concentrates on placing the action in the context of the postwar military, commercial, and academic interests that defined it. Starting with the maser, an innovative device for generating pure radio signals of centimeter wavelength, Bromberg describes the conceptual leap that vaulted four orders of magnitude to the laser with its pure beams of visible light. She shows how the operation of the first successful laser sent the pace of research skyrocketing in a research boom driven by a complex combination of professional rewards and institutional pressures. The book concludes with an epilogue by three laser scientistsâ Â"Arthur H. Guenther, Henry Kressel, and William Krupkeâ Â"that brings the technical history up to the present. Joan Lisa Bromberg directed the Laser History Project from 1982 to 1989 and is author of Fusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source, a history of the federal fusion energy program." â Â" Publisher.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition: no subsequent printings listed. Near Fine. Only fault is some light soiling to the top of the text block. No wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No remainder mark. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. The as new dust jacket shows no wear, no sun fading.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. Brand New condition except for a hint of wear to the dust jacket. The covers look great. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. First Edition. Brand New! The covers look great. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. 310pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.62.