A Cultural History of Physics

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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword by Charles Simonyi; Preface; Introduction: The History of Physics and Its Relevance to Our Lives Today; Chapter 1: The Classical Heritage; Chapter 2: The Stewards of the Heritage; Chapter 3: Demolition and the Construction of a New Foundation; Chapter 4: The Completion of Classical Physics; Chapter 5: The Physics of the Twentieth Century; Epilogue: Looking Ahead in Physics by Edward

Abstract: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword by Charles Simonyi; Preface; Introduction: The History of Physics and Its Relevance to Our Lives Today; Chapter 1: The Classical Heritage; Chapter 2: The Stewards of the Heritage; Chapter 3: Demolition and the Construction of a New Foundation; Chapter 4: The Completion of Classical Physics; Chapter 5: The Physics of the Twentieth Century; Epilogue: Looking Ahead in Physics by Edward Witten; Bibliography.

The book offers a total history of a discipline ... Simonyi ... largely succeeds in fostering the public understanding of a science in its broad historical context. ... In the middle of the book the reader is treated with a sumptuous set of color plates attempting to give an overview of developments in physics interacting with the cultures of the successive periods. ... its richly illustrated chapters and sections can be enjoyed independently, absorbed and savored slowly, by little doses of the magnificent history of our discipline.-Amand A. Lucas, Il Nuovo Saggiatore (bulletin of the Italian Physical

Author(s): Simonyi, Károly
Series: EBL-Schweitzer
Edition: Online-Ausg
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 644
City: Hoboken
Tags: Физика;История физики;