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Obsessed by a Dream: The Physicist Rolf Widerøe – a Giant in the History of Accelerators
Aashild Sørheim
2020
This 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. He later went on to build the first radiation therapy machine, an advance that would eventually revolutionize cancer treatment. Hospitals worldwide installed his machine, and today’s modern radiation treatment equipment is based on his inventions. 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.
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Keywords
- Accelerators during WWII
- Betratron
- cancer research
- Clinical & internal medicine
- Diseases & disorders
- Hadrontherapy
- History of accelerator physics
- history of science
- Invention of the cyclotron
- Life and Work of Rolf Wideröe
- Linac
- Linear particle accelerator
- Mathematics & science
- Medical accelerators
- medicine
- oncology
- open access
- Particle & high-energy physics
- Particle acceleration
- Physics
- popular science
- Popular Works
- Radiation therapy machine
- Resonance accelerator
- Science: general issues
Links
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26338-6web: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-26338-6
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