Karl George Emeléus and Physics in Belfast 1927–66

IF 0.1 3区哲学 Q4 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI:10.1007/s00016-024-00318-5

Mark McCartney

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Abstract

Karl George Emeléus (1901–1989) was educated at Cambridge and after a short period at King’s College, London, he spent the remainder of his career as lecturer (1929–33) and then professor (1933–66) of physics at Queen’s University, Belfast. At Queen’s, he set the direction of experimental research in gas discharge and plasmas for a generation and oversaw the growth of the department. He also acted as a spokesman for physics in Northern Ireland and was involved in public responses to concerns about the use of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy in the late 1940s and 50s. This paper summarises Emeléus’s life and work and sets it in the context of physics at Queen’s University in the mid-twentieth century.

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1927-66 年贝尔法斯特的卡尔-乔治-埃梅莱乌斯与物理学

卡尔-乔治-埃梅莱乌斯（1901-1989 年）在剑桥大学接受教育，在伦敦国王学院短期学习后，他在贝尔法斯特女王大学先后担任物理学讲师（1929-1933 年）和教授（1933-1966 年）。在女王大学，他为一代人的气体放电和等离子体实验研究确定了方向，并监督了该系的发展。他还是北爱尔兰物理学界的发言人，并参与了 20 世纪 40 年代末和 50 年代公众对使用核武器和核能的担忧的回应。本文概述了埃梅雷斯的生平和工作，并将其置于二十世纪中期女王大学物理学的背景之下。

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Physics in Perspective 物理-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： Physics in Perspective seeks to bridge the gulf between physicists and non-physicists through historical and philosophical studies that typically display the unpredictable as well as the cross-disciplinary interplay of observation, experiment, and theory that has occurred over extended periods of time in academic, governmental, and industrial settings and in allied disciplines such as astrophysics, chemical physics, and geophysics. The journal also publishes first-person accounts by physicists of significant contributions they have made, biographical articles, book reviews, and guided tours of historical sites in cities throughout the world. It strives to make all articles understandable to a broad spectrum of readers – scientists, teachers, students, and the public at large. Bibliographic Data Phys. Perspect. 1 volume per year, 4 issues per volume approx. 500 pages per volume Format: 15.5 x 23.5cm ISSN 1422-6944 (print) ISSN 1422-6960 (electronic)