thomas p ackerman (3 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. The magazine is spotless inside and out. Pages are unmarked, undamaged and just lightly toned. There is a single closed edge tear along the bottom edge of the front cover. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Mesoscopic Texture in Manganites" (From atom-scale stripes to micron-scale patches, manganites exhibit a wealth of fascinating phase-separated behavior" by Neil Mathur and Peter Littlewood; "Early Cosmic-Ray Research in Argentina" (The 1950s were a decade of political and economic difficulties in Argentina. Still, university students could carry out a modest research program) by Juan G. Roederer; "The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program" (To predict reliably what increased greenhouse gases will do to global climate, we have to understand the crucial role of clouds) by Thomas P. Ackerman and Gerald M. Stokes; "Physics Update"; "Reference Frame" (Discrete and contiuum descriptions of matter) by Jerry Gollub; "Letters"; "Search and Discovery" (Second CERN group produces cold atoms of antihydrogen--A little extra weight goes a long way--Isotope ratio measurements firm up knowledge of Earth's formation); and "Issues and Events" (Planetary astronomers worry about future funding--New APS ethics guidelines address research misconduct and professional responsibilities--NRC and NAPA endorse federal funding of Smithsonian science centers--UK science spending on course to double--San Diego center theorizes about the physics of biology--News Notes--Web Watch).

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Just like new inside and out. Will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The Demise of the Avant Garde: Notes on the Sociology of Recent American Art" by James S. Ackerman; "The Principle of Acceleration: a Non-Dialectical Theory of Progress" by Folke Dovring; "Counter-Comment" by Folke Dovring; "The Modernizer as a Special Case: Japanese Factory Legislation 1882-1911" by R.P. Dore; "Some Observations on the Dynamics of Tradition" by S.N. Eisenstadt; "Introduction" by Raymond Grew; "The New Reality in Art and Science" by E.M. Hafner; "Comment" by George Kubler; "Comment" by Thomas S. Kuhn; "Editorial" by Eric R. Wolf; and "Ian Weinberg 1938-39" by Sylvia L. Thrupp and "Index, Volume 1-10".

Condición: New.