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A Short History of Physics in the American Century (Paperback)
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A Short History of Physics in the American Century (Paperback)
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As the twentieth century drew to a close, computers, the Internet,
and nanotechnology were central to modern American life. Yet the
advances in physics underlying these applications are poorly
understood and widely underappreciated by U.S. citizens today. In
this concise overview, David C. Cassidy sharpens our perspective on
modern physics by viewing this foundational science through the
lens of America's engagement with the political events of a
tumultuous century. American physics first stirred in the
1890s-around the time x-rays and radioactivity were discovered in
Germany-with the founding of graduate schools on the German model.
Yet American research lagged behind the great European laboratories
until highly effective domestic policies, together with the exodus
of physicists from fascist countries, brought the nation into the
first ranks of world research in the 1930s. The creation of the
atomic bomb and radar during World War II ensured lavish government
support for particle physics, along with computation, solid-state
physics, and military communication. These advances facilitated
space exploration and led to the global expansion of the Internet.
Well into the 1960s, physicists bolstered the United States'
international status, and the nation repaid the favor through
massive outlays of federal, military, and philanthropic funding.
But gradually America relinquished its postwar commitment to
scientific leadership, and the nation found itself struggling to
maintain a competitive edge in science education and research.
Today, American physicists, relying primarily on industrial
funding, must compete with smaller, scrappier nations intent on
writing their own brief history of physics in the twenty-first
century.
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