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Index to Book Reviews in History of Physics Group Newsletters

This is being compiled, issues covered so far: 12, 17, 18, 19. 20, 23, Most of the books are biographies of scientists.

There is also a surname index to people about whom there are articles in the newsletter.

This list is in alphabetical order of the surname of the subject of the book.
Click on any underlined issue and page for further details.
Person or topic issue and pagetitle
Patrick Blackett No 23 p 61 Blackett: Physics, War and politics in the Twentieth Century
William Lawrence Bragg No 18 p 62 Light is a Messenger
Liquid Crystals No 20 p 26 Crystals that flow
The German Physical Soiety No 30 p 40 in the third Reich
Fritz Haber Institute No 30 p 37 One Hundred years at the intersection
Chemistry and Physics
Max Perutz No 23 p 65 Max Perutz and the Secret of Life
Michael Polanyi No 20 p 30 Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher
Joseph Rotblat No 30 p 30 Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience
The Life and Work of Joseph Rotblat
Edward Huchinson Synge No 30 p 41 Hutchie - the life and works of
Edward Huchinson Synge
UK Historical Tourism No 12 p 9 Books and maps of places of historical scientific interest
Ernest Walton No 17 p 18 An irish Scientist


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