By V. A. Johnson, D. ter Haar
Males of Physics: Karl Lark-Horovitz offers the biography of Karl Lark-Horovitz, a physicist who considerably contributed within the then-young box of experimental nuclear physics. This booklet discusses the Lark-Horovitz vital paintings in constitution selection by means of X-ray and electron diffraction tools.
Organized into components encompassing 19 chapters, this booklet starts with an summary of the biographical account of Karl Lark-Horovitz. this article then describes Lark-Horovitz's construction of a very popular graduate software in physics at Purdue collage, that is a feat related to either the purchase of amenities within the face of large problems and the stimulation of younger physicists to advance their abilities. different chapters examine Lark-Horovitz's own efforts and achievements within the renascence and unfolding of the sector referred to now as strong kingdom physics. the ultimate bankruptcy describes the effect of actual phenomena on visible acuity and the plain snapshot measurement.
This e-book is a worthwhile source for physicists, academics, and scholars.
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The infrared transmission measurements were made by M. Becker and H. Y. Fan [Phys. Rev. 76, 1530, 1531 (1949)]. Lark-Horovitz and K. W. Meissner collaborated by measuring the reflectivity of germanium samples, both p-typQ and w-type, high and low resistivity, by the method of residual rays in the range from 8·7 to 152 microns. Lark-Horovitz extended his war-time work on metal-semi conductor rectifying contacts in work with R. -type Ge rectifiers. They also investigated the effect of strong electric fields on the observed spreading resistance of metal-germanium pointcontact rectifiers.
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