Langmuir, the Man and the Scientist (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Langmuir, The Man and the Scientist 6
Copyright Page 7
Table of Contents 18
HONORARY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 8
FOREWORD 10
PREFACE TO VOLUME 12 16
PART 1: THE QUINTESSENCE OF IRVING LANGMUIR: A BIOGRAPHY 20
INTRODUCTION TO PART 1 22
CHAPTER 1 24
CHAPTER 2 31
CHAPTER 3 38
CHAPTER 4 46
CHAPTER 5 55
CHAPTER 6 67
CHAPTER 7 78
CHAPTER 8 89
CHAPTER 9 97
CHAPTER 10 108
CHAPTER 11 116
CHAPTER 12 128
CHAPTER 13 136
CHAPTER 14 143
CHAPTER 15 151
CHAPTER 16 159
CHAPTER 17 171
CHAPTER 18 181
CHAPTER 19 189
CHAPTER 20 196
CHAPTER 21 205
CHAPTER 22 211
CHAPTER 23 221
CHAPTER 24 232
CHAPTER 25 241
LIST OF PRINCIPAL SOURCES 245
PART 2: IRVING LANGMUIR'S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 250
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 252
The Humanism of Irving Langmuir 252
CHAPTER 2. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY 260
Conception of the Atom From the Electron Aspect 260
The Nuclear Atom of Rutherford and Bohr 261
Deductive Chemistry 262
Theory of Valence Supplemented 263
Predicting Properties of Chemical Molecules 264
Future Chemical Education 265
Differences in Bohr's and Lewis's Theories Not Important 266
Calculations of Quantitative Data 267
Orbital Motion Can Provisionally Be Neglected 267
CHAPTER 3. ATOMIC HYDROGEN AS AN AID TO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 270
Two Types of Industrial Research 272
The History of the Gas-Filled Lamp 272
Better Education Needed 280
The Value of Hobbies 281
CHAPTER 4. ADDRESS OF PRESENTATION OF PRIESTLEY MEDAL AWARD 283
CHAPTER 5. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS MODERN CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS AND THEIR RELATION TO CHEMISTRY 287
Relativity Theory 290
Concepts Involve Operations 291
Models 294
Meaningless Questions 296
CHAPTER 6. SELECTING THE CHEMIST-ELECT 308
CHAPTER 7. SCIENCE AS A GUIDE IN LIFE 314
CHAPTER 8. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER 325
CHAPTER 9. CHEMICAL RESEARCH 328
Research Laboratories 329
The Future of Chemical Research 332
CHAPTER 10. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND ITS HUMAN VALUE 334
Modern Life Dependent on Science 334
Early Progress Made by Inventors and Engineers 335
Establishment of Industrial Research Laboratories 335
Establishment of the General Electric Research Laboratory 336
Personal Experiences in Research Work 337
Gas-filled Lamps 338
Study of Thermionic Emission 339
Monolayers and Multilayers 342
CHAPTER 11. THE SPEED OF THE DEER FLY 345
CHAPTER 12. SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS IN SCIENCE 348
CHAPTER 13. SCIENCE, COMMON SENSE AND DECENCY† 352
CHAPTER 14. UNFORESEEABLE RESULTS OF RESEARCH 362
CHAPTER 15. ELECTRONICS OF TOMORROW 365
CHAPTER 16. DISCUSSION OF SCIENCE LEGISLATION 372
CHAPTER 17. TESTIMONY ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL 384
Peace Time Applications of Atomic Energy 384
The Threat of Atomic Bombs 385
CHAPTER 18. WORLD CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY 390
Four Stages of an Atomic Armament Race 391
What Nations can get Atomic Bombs and When? 391
A Trip to Russia 393
Russian Planning 393
Incentives in Russia 394
The Effects of Insecurity 395
Russian Advantages in an All-out Atomic Armament Race 395
CHAPTER 19. MY TRIP TO RUSSIA 398
Experiments with Liquid Helium 399
Large-Scale Oxygen Production 400
Institute of Physical Chemistry 404
Work on Nuclear Physics 406
Work Done by Women 408
CHAPTER 20. SCIENCE AND INCENTIVES IN RUSSIA 410
CHAPTER 21. FARADAY MEDALIST: RESPONSE 419
Incentives for Science 419
CHAPTER 22. PLANNING FOR PROGRESS: TWO ALTERNATIVES 423
CHAPTER 23. SAUL DUSHMAN — A HUMAN CATALYST 428
FREEDOM 430
PART 3: CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORIAM 436
CHAPTER 1. SOME OF THE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF LANGMUIR 438
CHAPTER 2. SOME OF THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF LANGMUIR 452
APPENDIX I: IRVING LANGMUIR — CURRICULUM VITAE 478
APPENDIX II: COMPLETE LIST OF PAPERS OF DR. IRVING LANGMUIR AS THEY APPEAR IN THE LANGMUIR MEMORIAL VOLUMES 480