02752nam 2200661Ia 450 991078182770332120230124182649.00-19-773205-40-19-979268-21-281-34230-097866113423020-19-971452-51-4356-4213-9(CKB)1000000000486641(EBL)415094(OCoLC)476239951(SSID)ssj0000105257(PQKBManifestationID)11131050(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105257(PQKBWorkID)10101525(PQKB)11020531(Au-PeEL)EBL415094(CaPaEBR)ebr10215786(CaONFJC)MIL134230(MiAaPQ)EBC415094(EXLCZ)99100000000048664120071213d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArchimedes to Hawking[electronic resource] laws of science and the great minds behind them /Clifford A. PickoverOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (529 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533611-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKDROP; 250 B.C.-1700 A.D.; 1700-1800; 1800-1900; 1900 AND BEYOND; THE GREAT CONTENDERS; FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE; References; About the Author; IndexArchimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to share in the amazing adventures of brilliant, quirky, and passionate people after whom these laws are named. These lawgivers turn out to be a fascinating, diverse, and Physical lawsHistoryScienceMethodologyHistorySciencePhilosophyHistoryScientistsBiographyPhysical lawsHistory.ScienceMethodologyHistory.SciencePhilosophyHistory.Scientists509.2/2BPickover Clifford A21293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781827703321Archimedes to Hawking3815682UNINA