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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1931 - ) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1991 for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex ...
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Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie
Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie's (1891 - 1987) work was chiefly devoted to the study of the various extensions of wave mechanics: Dirac's electron theory, the new theory of light, the general theory ...
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How Van de Graaff Generators Work
A good description of static electricity and how Van de Graaff Generators work. Including how to make your own. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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Robert J. Van de Graaff
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901 - 1967) developed an electrostatic particle accelerator (now called a Van de Graaff generator)used in nuclear research. Introduced in 1931, it uses the charge that ...
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Wave Nature of Matter
In 1913, about ten years after Bohr published his results, Louis de Broglie came up with a fascinating idea to explain some of the assumptions in the Bohr Model of the atom such as why should an ...
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Cecile De Witt-Morette
This site lists brief details of this female physicist's background and her contributions to her field.
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Equations D to F
A list of various equations ranging from the de Broglie equation to the fundamental frequency of a closed tube.
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Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator Page
How to use, build or buy a Van de Graaff generator. Links to Van de Graaff or electrostatic websites.
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Physics Abstract - Polymer Physics
Abstract on impact of two papers in polymer physics by Edwards and by de Gennes, including links to papers and other sites.
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736 - 1806) developed a theory of attraction and repulsion between bodies of the same and opposite electrical charge. He demonstrated an inverse square law for such ...
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