The Nobel Prize in Physics
1901-1999
by Erik B. Karlsson
A review of the Prize in Physics
in the last 100 years.
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On
Being a Scientist:
A Personal View
by John C. Polanyi
What is the responsibility of scientists
to society? 1986 Chemistry Laureate
John C. Polanyi shares his views. |
The
Role of Science and Technology in Future
Design
by Jerome Karle
1985 Chemistry Laureate Jerome Karle
discusses the interaction of science
and society. |
The Dual Nature
of Light
by Gösta Ekspong
Is light a wave motion? Or is it a stream
of particles? |
How the Sun Shines
by John N. Bacall
How does the sun produce vast amounts
of energy necessary to support life
on earth? |
History of Caltech
by Judith Goodstein
From a modest little college to one
of the world's foremost training centers
in physics, chemistry and engineering |
Marie and Pierre
Curie and the Discovery of Polonium
and Radium
by Nanny Fröman
On December 26, 1896, Marie and Pierre
Curie came upon a very active substance
they later called radium |
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