From clockwork to crapshoot: a history of physics

"SCIENCE is about 6,000 years old, while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2,500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during this great span of time, the manner in which they explained the underlying structure of that world underwent a philosophi...

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1. Verfasser: Newton, Roger G. 1924-2018 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung:"SCIENCE is about 6,000 years old, while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2,500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during this great span of time, the manner in which they explained the underlying structure of that world underwent a philosophical evolution. From Clockwork to Crapshoot provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics in relation to philosophical traditions as far back as ancient Greece."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:VIII, 340 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 22 cm
ISBN:0674023374

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