Obsessed by a dream the physicist Rolf Widerøe -- a giant in the history of accelerators /
This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physi...
| Uniform Title: | Besatt av en drøm. English |
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| Main Author: | Erlandsen, Aashild Sørheim, 1950- |
| Other Authors: | Stewart, Frank,, SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer Open,
2020.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 511 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series: |
Springer biographies,
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Table of Contents:
- A Comfortable Home
- Formative years 1902
- 1943.- The World Awaits
- The new life in Switzerland 1946
- 1996.- The Dark Chapter
- Working in Germany during the war.- Treason Case number 3418
- The papers in the National Archives.- But There Was More
- The papers in the British and American Intelligence Archives.- Why?
- The unanswered question of why he went to Germany.- Postscript: The Letter from his Brother.