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Dr Joseph Martin's Outputs (14)

History Of Solid State And Condensed Matter Physics (2025)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. (in press). History Of Solid State And Condensed Matter Physics. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Physics. Oxford University Press

Solid state physics, the branch of physics focused on the physical properties of solid matter, emerged in the mid-twentieth century as physics grew and diversified, both conceptually and professionally. The study of solids and other condensed materia... Read More about History Of Solid State And Condensed Matter Physics.

Drawing the Line between Pure and Applied Physics (2024)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2024). Drawing the Line between Pure and Applied Physics. In R. Lalli, & J. Navarro (Eds.), Globalizing Physics: One Hundred Years of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198878681.003.0005

The categories of pure and applied science—and by extension, pure and applied physics—have a complicated relationship. They have sometimes been complements, sometimes opposites, and routinely at the centre of debates about how scientific labour shoul... Read More about Drawing the Line between Pure and Applied Physics.

Glauber, Roy J. (2024)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. (in press). Glauber, Roy J. In American National Biography. Oxford University Press

Word and Image in Popular Science (2024)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2024). Word and Image in Popular Science. In F. Grant, & L. Jordanova (Eds.), Where Words and Images Meet. London: Bloomsbury

Critiques of Big Science (2023)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2023). Critiques of Big Science. In P. Charitos, T. Arabatzis, H. Cliff, G. Dissertori, J. Forneris, & J. Li-Ying (Eds.), Big Science in the 21st Century: Economic and Societal Impacts. IOP Publishing

The name “big science,” like “big bang” or “big pharma,” began as a slur. Big science, that is, has been the subject of critique for at least as long as we have had a name for it. This chapter explores that legacy. It demonstrates how big science bec... Read More about Critiques of Big Science.

Scales and Balances (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2020). Scales and Balances. In J. D. Martin, & C. C. Mody (Eds.), Between making and knowing : tools in the history of materials research (53-61). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0006

In Ancient Egyptian mythology, entry into the afterlife was secure only after the weighing of the heart (Figure 1.4.1). The gods would place the deceased’s heart on a scale opposite the feather of Maat, symbolizing the seven cardinal virtues of truth... Read More about Scales and Balances.

Tools for Characterizing Materials (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2020). Tools for Characterizing Materials. In J. D. Martin, & C. C. Mody (Eds.), Between making and knowing : tools in the history of materials research (403-424). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0036

“If you can spray them then they are real” is the philosopher of science Ian Hacking’s pithy answer to the question of when we should believe in the existence of those microscopic entities we cannot see. Much history and philosophy of science has con... Read More about Tools for Characterizing Materials.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2020). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. In J. D. Martin, & C. C. Mody (Eds.), Between making and knowing : tools in the history of materials research (561-569). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0049

The introduction to this section discusses how spraying things at materials can be a method for learning about their properties. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy works in a similar, but subtly different way — it induces the materials the... Read More about Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Introduction: Tools in Materials Research (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D., & Mody, C. C. (2020). Introduction: Tools in Materials Research. In J. D. Martin, & C. C. Mody (Eds.), Between making and knowing : tools in the history of materials research (1-12). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0001

The science of materials has contributed to changes in our civilization as pervasive as they are profound. The ways we travel, communicate, wage war, build buildings, dress, heal, play sports, read, listen to music, use energy, and care for the young... Read More about Introduction: Tools in Materials Research.

Lithography (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D., & Mody, C. C. (2020). Lithography. In J. D. Martin, & C. C. Mody (Eds.), Between making and knowing : tools in the history of materials research (327-340). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207631_0029

Lithography became an essential tool for materials research during the post–World War II computing revolution. Increasing computing power required shrinking circuits and packing transistors more tightly together. Lithography made it possible to write... Read More about Lithography.

Cultural Scaffolding and Technological Change (2019)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2019). Cultural Scaffolding and Technological Change. In A. C. Love, & W. C. Wimsatt (Eds.), Beyond the Meme: Development and Structure in Cultural Evolution (425-444). University of Minnesota Press

Seitz, Frederick (2018)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. D. (2018). Seitz, Frederick. In S. Ware (Ed.), American National Biography. Oxford University Press