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A brilliant presentation of the ideas of modern physics presented in a richly painted historical setting. . . . This book contains more physics than most physicists know, and more intellectual history than most historians know, woven together in a thoughtful, erudite, and enthusiastic presentation that is unique in both popular and academic science writing. . . . The rise of statistical physics, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology are accompanied by trenchant examples that encapsulate the core of current controversy, and the older material is informed by recent sophistications of historical scholarship. -- Review
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This is an excellent and stimulating account of the history and development of physics, a pleasure to read and of great value to anyone with an interest in the nature of science.
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Physicists should make every effort to enjoy this well-conducted tour of the history of physics.
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A brilliant presentation of the ideas of modern physics presented in a richly painted historical setting. . . . This book contains more physics than most physicists know, and more intellectual history than most historians know, woven together in a thoughtful, erudite, and enthusiastic presentation that is unique in both popular and academic science writing. . . . The rise of statistical physics, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology are accompanied by trenchant examples that encapsulate the core of current controversy, and the older material is informed by recent sophistications of historical scholarship.
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A brilliant presentation of the ideas of modern physics presented in a richly painted historical setting. . . . This book contains more physics than most physicists know, and more intellectual history than most historians know, woven together in a thoughtful, erudite, and enthusiastic presentation that is unique in both popular and academic science writing. . . . The rise of statistical physics, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology are accompanied by trenchant examples that encapsulate the core of current controversy, and the older material is informed by recent sophistications of historical scholarship. -- Review
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This is an excellent and stimulating account of the history and development of physics, a pleasure to read and of great value to anyone with an interest in the nature of science.
(John Polkinghorne The Times Higher Education Supplement )
A marvelous, technically competent, literate, engagingly written book that every student (whether a science major or not) in a science course and instructors should have to read.
(James T. Cushing American Journal of Physics )
Physicists should make every effort to enjoy this well-conducted tour of the history of physics.
(John Barrow New Scientist )
A brilliant presentation of the ideas of modern physics presented in a richly painted historical setting. . . . This book contains more physics than most physicists know, and more intellectual history than most historians know, woven together in a thoughtful, erudite, and enthusiastic presentation that is unique in both popular and academic science writing. . . . The rise of statistical physics, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology are accompanied by trenchant examples that encapsulate the core of current controversy, and the older material is informed by recent sophistications of historical scholarship.
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- Aristotle: On the Heavens (Loeb Classical Library No. 338) by Aristotle on 8 pages
- Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and Treatise On Light (Great books of the Western World, v. 34) (Great books of the Western World, v. 34) by Isaac Newton on page 180, page 353, and Back Matter
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 277, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- On the Revolutions: Nicholas Copernicus Complete Works (Foundations of Natural History) by Nicholas Copernicus on page 145, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Natural Magick by John Baptista Porta on page 112, page 132, and Back Matter
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- Postmodern Philosophical Critique and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Higher Education (Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series) by Roger P. Mourad on page 109, and Back Matter
- Postmodern Philosophical Critique and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Higher Education by Roger P. Mourad on page 109, and Back Matter
- Webs of Reality: Social Perspectives on Science and Religion by Robert A. Campbell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- GOD? Reviews All Major Evidence and Arguments For and Against God by C DeSalvo on page 292, and page 295
- Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time by Marcia Bartusiak in Back Matter
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