How Long to Read Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939

How Long Does it Take to Read Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 by Robert Fox

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Description

Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 offers a challenging new interpretation of pre-war physics at the University of Oxford, which was far more dynamic than most historians and physicists have been prepared to believe. It explains, on the one hand, how attempts to develop the University's Clarendon Laboratory by Robert Clifton, Professor of Experimental Philosophy from 1865 to 1915, were thwarted by academic politics and funding problems, and latterly by Clifton's idiosyncratic concern with precision instrumentation. Conversely, by examining in detail the work of college fellows and their laboratories, the book reconstructs the decentralized environment that allowed physics to enter on a period of conspicuous vigour in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially at the characteristically Oxonian intersections between physics, physical chemistry, mechanics, and mathematics. Whereas histories of Cambridge physics have tended to focus on the self-sustaining culture of the Cavendish Laboratory, it was Oxford's college-trained physicists who enabled the discipline to flourish in due course in university as well as college facilities, notably under the newly appointed professors, J. S. E. Townsend from 1900 and F. A. Lindemann from 1919. This broader perspective allows us to understand better the vitality with which physicists in Oxford responded to the demands of wartime research on radar and techniques relevant to atomic weapons and laid the foundations for the dramatic post-war expansion in teaching and research that has endowed Oxford with one of the largest and most dynamic schools of physics in the world.

How long is Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939?

Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 by Robert Fox is 386 pages long, and a total of 98,816 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 aloud.

What Reading Level is Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939?

Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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