Using a clear, non-technical style, Professor Rohrlich discusses the two major theories of twentieth-century physics: relativity and quantum mechanics. Discussed conceptually and philosophically, rather than using mathematics, the philosophical issues raised show how new discoveries forced physicists to accept often strange and unconventional notions. He aims to remove the mystery and misrepresentation that often surround the ideas of modern physics and to show how modern scientists construct theories, so that the reader can appreciate their successes and failures and understand problems that are as yet unresolved.
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- The Principle of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) by Albert Einstein on page 58, page 59, and page 87
- Powers of Ten (Revised) (Scientific American Library Paperback) by Philip Morrison on page 194, and page 201
- Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and Treatise On Light (Great books of the Western World, v. 34) by Isaac Newton on page 38, and page 48
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 117, and Back Matter
- Special Relativity (The M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series) by A.P. French on page 88
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