Physics at a
Research University
Case Western
Reserve 1830-1990
by
William Fickinger, Professor Emeritus
Copyright
2005. ISBN 0-9773386-0-6
This is
a history of the physics research done by the faculty and students of CWRU and its
parent institutions. Highlights of the work done by over 100 researchers are
described at a level so that the general reader can understand qualitatively
how and why the research was done, and the more technical reader can appreciate
more quantitative details.
The book is available from the CWRU Bookstore (216-368-2650)
or at link
to book at Amazon.com
The following links are to PDF files of
individual chapters and appendices.
Table of contents, introduction, and time-line.
page
Chapter 1 1 The
Young Ivy Leaguers
Chapter 2 7 Edward
W. Morley: Physical Chemist
Chapter 3 13 Albert
A. Michelson: Light and Ether
Chapter 5 46 University
Physics: the Middle Years at WRU
Chapter 6 53 Robert
S. Shankland: Modern Physics Arrives
Chapter 7 68 Case
Experiment Takes Off
Chapter 9 111 Case
Theory
Chapter 10 130 WRU
Experiment Takes Off
Chapter 11 137 WRU Theory
Chapter 13 175 Case
Nuclear and Particle Theory
Chapter 14 194 WRU
Experiment Round 2
Chapter 15 209 Low
Temperature Experiment
Chapter 16 233 Particle
Experiment
Chapter 17 257 Materials
Theory
Chapter 18 279 New
People, New Physics
Appendix
A 291 Bachelor Degrees in Physics from WRU, CSAS, CIT, CWRU
Appendix
B 302 Graduate Degrees in Physics
Appendix C 335 Alphabetical List
of Faculty Appearing in Book
Appendix D 337 Programs and
Lecture Series
Appendix E 341 L.
L. Foldy’s List of CWRU Related Papers in Physical Review
Appendix F 345 Chairs
and Endowed Chairs
Appendix G 347 Foldy’s Essay:
Origins of Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation
[link
to html file of index; added so search engines will find entries in the book’s
index, I hope]