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dc.contributor.authorSørheim, Aashild
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-18 13:36:15
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:01:02Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier1007124
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23037
dc.description.abstractThis Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was the betatron, the second, the linear accelerator, both summarized in a 27 page PhD. The betatron revolutionized the fields of cancer treatment through radiation therapy and also nondestructive testing; hospitals worldwide installed Widerøe's machine and today’s modern radiation treatment equipment is based on his inventions. The most recent renaissance of the linac provides unprecedented x-ray intensities at Free Electron Laser (FEL) facilities in operation and construction worldwide. . Widerøe’s story also includes a fair share of drama, particularly during World War II when both Germans and the Allies vied for his collaboration. Widerøe held leading positions in multinational industry groups and was one of the consultants for building the world's largest nuclear laboratory, CERN, in Switzerland. He gained over 200 patents, received several honorary doctorates and a number of international awards. The author, a professional writer and maker of TV documentaries, has gained access to hitherto restricted archives in several countries, which provided a wealth of new material and insights, in particular in relation to the war years. She tells here a gripping and illuminating story.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpringer Biographies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDZ Popular scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHP Particle and high-energy physicsen_US
dc.subject.otherPopular works
dc.subject.otherPhysics
dc.subject.otherParticle acceleration
dc.subject.otherCancer research
dc.subject.otherPhysics
dc.titleObsessed by a Dream
dc.title.alternativeThe Physicist Rolf Widerøe – a Giant in the History of Accelerators
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-26338-6
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.pages511
oapen.place.publicationCham


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