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The magnetic moment of the electron by Polykarp Kusch by
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Authored Nobel lecture. Nobel lecture.
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer, CV by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings by
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Institutional profile issued by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings; text and photograph credited to NOBELS (2008).
Recoilless nuclear resonance absorption of gamma radiation by Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer by
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Authored Nobel lecture. Authorized reprint in The Rudolf Mössbauer Story, chapter 1, pp. 3–17; reprint editors are separate from the lecture author.
Electron Scattering and Nuclear Structure by Robert Hofstadter by
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Reviews of Modern Physics 28, 214–254. Authored research review.
Donald Glaser: Biography Submitted by Dr. Glaser to the Nobel Committee by Donald Arthur Glaser by
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Autobiography republished by institution.
How It Works: Bubble Chamber (CERN teaching archive) by
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CERN HST bubble-chamber teaching archive. Unattributed teaching web page hosted by CERN. Webpage publication date unestablished.
Elementary Particles and Bubble Chambers by Donald Arthur Glaser by
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Authored Nobel lecture. Nobel lecture archive.
Authored Nobel lecture. Nobel lecture, printed pp. 489–505.
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov by Russian Academy of Sciences by
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RAS Nappelbaum exhibition. Institutional biographical profile. Webpage publication date unestablished.
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank: first FLNP JINR director, laureate of Nobel Prize by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research by
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JINR news. Institutional historical profile.
Passage of Particles Through Matter by Donald E. Groom and Spencer Klein by
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Chapter of Review of Particle Physics, issued by Particle Data Group.
Radiation of particles moving at a velocity exceeding that of light, and some of the possibilities for their use in experimental physics by Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov by
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Authored Nobel lecture. Nobel lecture, printed pp. 426–440.
The Reversal of Parity Law in Nuclear Physics by National Institute of Standards and Technology by
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The Fall of Parity Photo Gallery with Short Biographies by National Institute of Standards and Technology by
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NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory. Institutional biographical exhibit.
Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay by Chien-Shiung Wu and others by
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Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions by Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang by
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Transistor technology evokes new physics by William Shockley by
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Nobel Foundation; actual inspected World Scientific volume reprint hosted by Columbia University. Nobel lecture. Chapter in Nobel Lectures, Physics 1942–1962; chapter revisers credited separately from the collaboration.
Surface properties of semiconductors by Walter Houser Brattain by
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Nobel Foundation; actual inspected World Scientific volume reprint hosted by Columbia University. Nobel lecture. Chapter in Nobel Lectures, Physics 1942–1962; chapter revisers credited separately from the collaboration.
Semiconductor research leading to the point contact transistor by John Bardeen by
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Nobel Foundation; actual inspected World Scientific volume reprint hosted by Columbia University. Nobel lecture. Chapter in Nobel Lectures, Physics 1942–1962; chapter revisers credited separately from the collaboration.
Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact





