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Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking / / William H. Cropper



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Autore: Cropper William H Visualizza persona
Titolo: Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking / / William H. Cropper Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (511 p.)
Disciplina: 530/.092/2
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Soggetto topico: Physicists
Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2001.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Here 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Great physicists  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-770960-5
0-19-983208-0
0-19-973516-6
0-19-517324-4
1-280-47373-8
9786610473731
0-19-530242-7
0-19-535027-8
1-60256-422-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817079003321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.