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Author Widerøe, Rolf, 1902-1996.

Title The infancy of particle accelerators : life and work of Rolf Wideröe / compiled and edited by Pedro Waloschek.

Published Braunschweig : Vieweg, [1994]
©1994

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Uniform title Als die Teilchen laufen lernten. English
Physical description 1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Notes "Title of the German original edition: Als die Teilchen laufen lernten"--Title page verso
"Translated by Karen Waloschek"--Title page verso
Also issued by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg as report no. DESY-94-039.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176) and index.
Contents Wideröe on Wideröe -- 1 Family, Youth and Lord Rutherford -- 2 Karlsruhe -- the Ray-Transformer -- 3 Aachen -- the First Operational Linac -- 4 Cyclotrons and Other Developments -- 5 Relays are Interesting Too -- 6 Induction from Illinois -- 7 The Hamburg-Betatron -- 8 The Invention of the Storage Ring -- 9 Oslo -- the Theory of the Synchrotron -- 10 Baden -- Betatrons for BBC -- 11 Turin -- the Beta-Synchrotron -- 12 ETH Zurich, CERN and DESY -- 13 How Radiation Kills Cells -- the Two-Components-Theory -- 14 Some Retrospectives and Dreams -- Chronological Survey -- References -- 1 The Storage Ring Patent -- 2 The Synchrotron Patent.
Summary By Pedro Waloschek The following autobiographical account of Rolf Wideröe's life and work is based on manuscripts and letters written by hirnself, most ofthem especially for this report. Data from audio and video recordings with his illustrations and from my notes taken during aseries ofmeetings between the two ofus were also included. Rolf Wideröe gave me access to many of his publications and to other documents from which I have extracted further information. I have compiled, edited and, where necessary, put the texts in chronological order. These were then corrected and supplemented by Rolf Wideröe during the course of several readings. The English translation was also checked by Wideröe and we were able to add some improvements and corrections. This account there fore stands as an authorised biography and is written in the first person. Mrs. Wideröe's accurate memory was of great assistance. The emphasis has been on RolfWideröe's life story and the first developments which led to modem particle accelerators. Techni cal and scientific comments have been kept as comprehensive and concise as possible.
Other author Waloschek, Pedro.
Subject Wideröe, Rolf.
Particle accelerators -- History.
Nuclear physicists -- Norway -- Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 9783663052449 (electronic bk.)
3663052443 (electronic bk.)
9783663052463 (print)
366305246X (print)
3528065869
9783528065867
Standard Number 10.1007/978-3-663-05244-9