02786nam 22007214a 450 991081707900332120200520144314.00-19-770960-50-19-983208-00-19-973516-60-19-517324-41-280-47373-897866104737310-19-530242-70-19-535027-81-60256-422-110.1093/oso/9780195137484.001.0001(CKB)1000000000028971(EBL)241379(OCoLC)437154840(SSID)ssj0000165403(PQKBManifestationID)11163596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165403(PQKBWorkID)10142928(PQKB)11534887(Au-PeEL)EBL241379(CaPaEBR)ebr10084840(CaONFJC)MIL47373(OCoLC)935227171(MiAaPQ)EBC241379(OCoLC)1406782405(StDuBDS)9780197709603(EXLCZ)99100000000002897120010320d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreat physicists the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking /William H. Cropper1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (511 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2001.0-19-530242-7 0-19-513748-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; II. Thermodynamics: Historical Synopsis; III. Electromagnetism: Historical Synopsis; IV. Statistical Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; V. Relativity: Historical Synopsis; VI. Quantum Mechanics: Historical Synopsis; VII. Nuclear Physics: Historical Synopsis; VIII. Particle Physics: Historical Synopsis; IX. Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology: Historical Synopsis; Chronology of the Main Events; Glossary; Invitation to More Reading; IndexHere is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of 30 men and women from the pantheon of science. The author portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford.Oxford scholarship online.PhysicistsBiographyPhysicists530/.092/2BCropper William H547MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817079003321Great physicists240957UNINA