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History of Physics Newsletter No. 18
Contents of History of Physics Group Newsletter No. 18 Summer 2005
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| Contents | page | |
| Editorial | 3 | |
| Committee and Contacts | 4 | |
| Past Meetings | ||
| 11 Oct 2003 | Discoveries, Theories and Natural Philosophers Formulating a theory: J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford's collaboration on X - ray ionisation by Isobel Falconer | 5 |
| 30 Oct 2004 | Was there life before Einstein? | |
| Sir Oliver Lodge and Relativity by Peter Rowlands | 19 | |
| John Henry Poynting - A Sketch for Future Research by Graham Alfrey | 30 | |
| Lodge and Poynting - Two brief character sketches by Ben Benedikz | 38 | |
| Watch this space: the physics of an empty box by Denis Weaire | 47 | |
| Feature article: | Newton's Missing Experiment? by Vicente Aboites | 59 |
| Book Review: | Light is a Messenger - The life and science of William Lawrence Bragg reviewed by Kate Crennell | 62 |
| Obituary | Bob Chivers by Neil Brown | 68 |
| Forthcoming Events: | 69 | |
| Abstract | 1905 - a miraculous year | 72 |
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