1928-1929: Instabilities in plasmas result in oscillations of electron charge density. #Poetry #Science #History #Physics #Plasmas #Langmuir #Tonks (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1928c.html)

In 1927, Irving Langmuir described the peculiar counter-rotating circulation of waters in oceans. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #Langmuir (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1927b.html)

1924-1928: Irving Langmuir studied ionized gases and named this state of matter: plasma. #Poetry #Science #History #Physics #Plasma #Langmuir (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1924b.html)

1906-1912: Lee de Forest and Irving Langmuir developed vacuum tubes with a third element, capable of amplification. #Poetry #Science #History #Electromagnetism #Triode #deForest #Langmuir (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1906d.html)