عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QC16.W65 W66 2000eb
QC16
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W65
W66
2000eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0585281432
(Number (ISBN
9780585281438
Erroneous ISBN
0750306904
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b746435
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Against the tide :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
an autobiographical account of a professional outsider /
First Statement of Responsibility
L.C. Woods.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Institute of Physics Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps, photographs
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In 1970 he became a Professor of Plasma Theory, but became disillusioned with the fusion energy project, which he believes survived on exaggerated claims of progress, Woods explains why, in his view, magnetic fusion has failed to succeed and outlines the philosophy of science to which he subscribes. He writes frankly about both his successes and failures and finishes with an account of his taking up gliding at the age of 74"--Jacket.
Text of Note
"In this book Leslie Woods tells the story of his life from fisherman's son in New Zealand to Head of the Mathematical Institute at Oxford University." "He escaped from a trade school by winning a scholarship to university, and then ran away from home to join the RNZAF, and later became a fighter pilot in the Pacific. After the War he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, and following several years of research in aerodynamics, became a Professor of Engineering at the University of New South Wales. In 1961 he was elected to a Fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford and undertook research into the theory of magnetically confined hot plasmas with a consultancy at Culham Laboratory."
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Against the tide.
International Standard Book Number
0750306904
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Woods, L. C., (Leslie Colin),1922-2007.
Woods, L. C., (Leslie Colin),1922-2007
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Physicists-- New Zealand, Biography.
Physicists.
SCIENCE-- Energy.
SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- General.
SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
New Zealand.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
SCI-- 024000
SCI-- 041000
SCI-- 055000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
B
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QC16
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W65
Book number
W66
2000eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Woods, L. C., (Leslie Colin),1922-2007.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204063421.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
