The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein

Gamow, George

Dover Publications Inc.（2003/03発売）

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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 368 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780486257679
DDC分類 530.0922

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Outstanding text by one of the 20th century's foremost physicists dramatically explains how the central laws of physical science evolved, from Pythagoras' discovery of frequency ratios in the 6th century BC to today's research on elementary particles. Includes fascinating biographical data about Galileo, Newton, Huygens, Einstein and others. 136 illustrations.

PREFACE
I THE DAWN OF PHYSICS
II THE DARK AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE
III "GOD SAID, "LET NEWTON BE!"
IV HEAT AS ENERGY
V THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY
VI RELATIVISTIC REVOLUTION
VII THE LAW OF QUANTUM
VIII THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
SOURCES
INDEX