From clockwork to crapshoot :: a history of physics /

Newton presents a history of physics from the early beginnings, with the associated mathematics, astronomy and chemistry. He gives explanations of the scientific concepts at issue, thumbnail sketches of the protagonists, and descriptions of the changing instruments that enabled scientists to make th...

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1. Verfasser: Newton, Roger G.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:Newton presents a history of physics from the early beginnings, with the associated mathematics, astronomy and chemistry. He gives explanations of the scientific concepts at issue, thumbnail sketches of the protagonists, and descriptions of the changing instruments that enabled scientists to make their discoveries.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 340 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-321) and index.
ISBN:9780674041493
0674041496