Book ID: CBB000775254

The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics (2006)

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Katzir, Shaul (Author)


Springer
Publication date: 2006
Language: English


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiii + 273 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description From the discovery of the phenomenon in 1880 to the turn of the century, dealing with the complex interactions of the multiple subfields involved.


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Review Yeang, Chen-Pang (2011) Review of "The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 207). unapi

Review Kragh, Helge (2007) Review of "The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 251). unapi

Review Hempstead, Colin A. (2009) Review of "The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 293). unapi

Review Garber, Elizabeth (2010) Review of "The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 261). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Katzir, Shaul
Baskevitch, François
Berg, Jan Hendrik van den
Berger, Jutta
Capecchi, Danilo
Coelho, Ricardo Lopes
Journals
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Physics in Perspective
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
European Physical Journal H
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Non Fiktion: Arsenal der anderen Gattungen
Publishers
Duquesne University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
MIT Press
Concepts
Physics
Thermodynamics
Piezoelectricity
Elasticity
Measurement
Science and technology, relationships
People
Curie, Jacques
Curie, Pierre
Voigt, Woldemar
Cady, Walter G.
Cauchy, Augustin Louis
Einstein, Albert
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Ancient
Places
Great Britain
Australia
China
France
United States
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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