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From Clockwork to Crapshoot : A History of Physics / Roger G. Newton.

Newton, Roger G., author.
2009
QC7 ǂb N398 2007eb
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Title
From Clockwork to Crapshoot : A History of Physics / Roger G. Newton.
Author
Newton, Roger G., author.
ISBN
9780674041493
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041493
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (352 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674041493 doi
Call Number
QC7 ǂb N398 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.09
Summary
In From Clockwork to Crapshoot, Roger Newton, whose previous works have been widely praised for erudition and accessibility, presents a history of physics from the early beginning to our day--with the associated mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry. His work identifies what may well be the defining characteristic of physics in the twenty-first century.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Frontmatter
Preface
Contents
Prologue
1 Beginnings
2 The Greek Miracle
3 Science in the Middle Ages
4 The First Revolution
5 Newton's Legacy
6 New Physics
7 Relativity
8 Statistical Physics
9 Probability
10 The Quantum Revolution
11 Fields, Nuclei, and Stars
12 The Properties of Matter
13 The Constituents of the Universe
Epilogue
Notes
Sources and Further Reading
Index

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