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200 10$aArchimedes to Hawking$b[electronic resource] $elaws of science and the great minds behind them /$fClifford A. Pickover
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (529 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-533611-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; 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; Index
330   $aArchimedes 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 
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