UID:
edocfu_9959238897102883
Format:
1 online resource (511 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-770960-5
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0-19-983208-0
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0-19-973516-6
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0-19-517324-4
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1-280-47373-8
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9786610473731
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0-19-530242-7
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0-19-535027-8
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1-60256-422-1
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of 30 men and women from the pantheon of science. The author portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2001.
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; II. Thermodynamics: Historical Synopsis; III. Electromagnetism: Historical Synopsis; IV. Statistical Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; V. Relativity: Historical Synopsis; VI. Quantum Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; VII. Nuclear Physics: Historical Synopsis; VIII. Particle Physics: Historical Synopsis; IX. Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology: Historical Synopsis; Chronology of the Main Events; Glossary; Invitation to More Reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-530242-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-513748-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195137484.001.0001
