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Greig, DenisBiblio.com

ELECTRONS IN METALS AND SEMICONDUCTORS

Korff, Serge ABiblio.com

Electron And Nuclear Counters Theory And Use

1946032845New York: D. Van Nostrand Company 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Xi 212 Pp. Beige Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Fine No Wear At All Gilt Brilliant Well Protected In The Original Plain Brown Dj Which Is Missing Most Of The Upper 1/3 Of Spine And Front Panel. Serge A. Korff 1906-1989 Was A Physicist Who Led Worldwide Observations Of Cosmic Rays In The 1940'S And 1950'S Using Balloons Aircraft And Mountaintop Observatories. Serge Alexander Korff Was Born In Helsinki Finland. His Father A Baron Belonged To A Prominent Russian Family And Was Professor Of Russian Law At The University Of Helsinki Before Emigrating To The United States. Mr. Korff Graduated From Princeton University In 1929 Obtaining His Doctorate There In 1931. The Next Year He Became A Research Associate At The Mount Wilson Observatory In California And Through The Rest Of The 1930'S He Was Associated With The California Institute Of Technology The Carnegie Institution Of Washington And The Bartol Research Foundation. The Focus Of His Scientific Career Was Observing And Mapping The Rain Of Neutrons -Electrically Neutral Atomic Particles -Produced By High Energy Radiation Or Cosmic Rays Striking The Top Of The Atmosphere All Over The Earth. Balloon Observations Were Made Above Guam The Galapagos Islands Greenland The Caribbean And Several Points Within The United States. In 1960 Dr. Willard Libby In Accepting The Nobel Prize For His Discovery That The Decay Of Radioactive Carbon Could Be Used To Date Archeological Specimens Reminded His Audience Of The Contribution Of Dr. Korff's Contribution. It Was Dr. Korff And His Colleagues Who Discovered That The Atmosphere Is Constantly Being Bombarded By Neutrons. He Pointed Out That The Principal Way The Neutrons Would Disappear Would Be By Forming Radioactive Carbon Dr. Libby Said. This The Nobel Winner Said Put Him On The Path To His Discovery. In 1940 He Joined The Faculty Of New York University And Became A Professor Of Physics In 1946. He Was President Of The Explorers Club In New York From 1955 To 1958 And President Of The American Geographical Society From 1967 To 1971 As Well As Chairman Of Its Council From 1972 To 1988. In 1972 He Became President Of The New York Academy Of Sciences. <br/> <br/> D. Van Nostrand Company hardcover

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