The Growth of Physical Science is a detailed but very accessible survey of what began as natural philosophy and culminated in the mid-twentieth century as quantum physical science. From the earliest physical investigations of nature made by the various civilisations of Babylonia, Phoenicia and Egypt (a period covering 5000-600 BC), through the remarkable mathematical and philosophical achievements of the ancient Greeks, to the ages of Newton and then Einstein, Rutherford and Bohr, Jeans has written a comprehensive history of this tremendous advancement in our understanding of the universe, one that will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in this subject.
Author(s): Jeans J.
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
Publisher: CUP
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 394
Tags: Физика;История физики;
Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 8
PUBLISHERS' NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 13
Contents......Page 14
PLATES......Page 16
I - THE REMOTE BEGINNINGS......Page 18
Babylonia......Page 23
Egypt......Page 27
Phoenicia......Page 30
Greece......Page 31
GREEK MATHEMATICS......Page 35
GREEK PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY......Page 57
GREEK ASTRONOMY......Page 74
III - SCIENCE IN ALEXANDRIA......Page 86
MATHEMATICS IN ALEXANDRIA......Page 90
ASTRONOMY IN ALEXANDRIA......Page 103
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY IN ALEXANDRIA......Page 114
THE END OF THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL......Page 115
IV - SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGES......Page 119
SCIENCE IN ISLAM......Page 122
WESTERN SCIENCE......Page 128
V - THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE......Page 138
ASTRONOMY......Page 141
MECHANICS......Page 158
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY......Page 169
MATHEMATICS......Page 172
VI - THE CENTURY OF GENIUS......Page 177
ASTRONOMY......Page 181
PHYSICAL OPTICS......Page 217
THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER......Page 229
MATHEMATICS......Page 233
MECHANICS......Page 247
OPTICS......Page 267
THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER......Page 272
ELECTRICITY......Page 292
VIII - THE ERA OF MODERN PHYSICS......Page 306
THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY......Page 310
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS......Page 318
QUANTUM THEORY......Page 344
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PHYSICS......Page 354
ASTRONOMY......Page 357
Index......Page 375
