Robert W Cahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5899229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Cahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Cahn |
| SIGNATURE | CAHN R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An unusual Nobel Prize
C.-E. Guillaume received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920 for the discovery and development of a pair of alloys that had characteristics invariant with temperature: one had constant length near ambient temperature, the other had constant Young's modulus. A recent analysis expresses retrospective surprise at this award: the objective of this short paper is to justify the award retrospectively, in terms of the continuing and impressive consequen…
Cambridge Physics
A desert island octave
A desert island octave
The origins of Pergamon Press
Two men, as different in personality as it is possible to be, Paul Rosbaud and Robert Maxwell, each played a part in forming Pergamon Press, one of today's leading scientific publishers. This article outlines the tale
Materials and Man’s Needs
570 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Materials and Man’s Needs: Supplementary Report of the Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering (COSMAT). Vol. 1: The History, Scope, and Nature ofMaterials Science and Engineering. Vol. 2: The Needs, Priorities, and Opportunitiesfor Materials Research. Vol. 3: The Institutional Frameworkfor Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 4: Aspects ofMaterials Technology Abroad. Washington, D.C…
Materials and Man's Needs
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Materials and Man’s Needs
570 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Materials and Man’s Needs: Supplementary Report of the Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering (COSMAT). Vol. 1: The History, Scope, and Nature ofMaterials Science and Engineering. Vol. 2: The Needs, Priorities, and Opportunitiesfor Materials Research. Vol. 3: The Institutional Frameworkfor Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 4: Aspects ofMaterials Technology Abroad. Washington, D.C…
Materials and Man's Needs
The origins of Pergamon Press
Two men, as different in personality as it is possible to be, Paul Rosbaud and Robert Maxwell, each played a part in forming Pergamon Press, one of today's leading scientific publishers. This article outlines the tale
A desert island octave
A desert island octave
An unusual Nobel Prize
C.-E. Guillaume received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920 for the discovery and development of a pair of alloys that had characteristics invariant with temperature: one had constant length near ambient temperature, the other had constant Young's modulus. A recent analysis expresses retrospective surprise at this award: the objective of this short paper is to justify the award retrospectively, in terms of the continuing and impressive consequen…
Cambridge Physics
Physics (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Acoustics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Desert (philosophy (2 works) · Engineering physics (2 works)