Half-Hours with Great Scientists: The Story of Physics

Charles G. Fraser9781487595531

This book offers the reader a cordial invitation to embark on a tour of visits with great scientists to learn from them the parts they played in the advancement of science and of the human race.

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Table of contents :
Preface
List of Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Illustrations
THE STORY OF MECHANICS
I. Weapons and Implements
II. The Classical Period
III. The Mediaeval and Early Modern Period
IV. The School of Galileo
V. The School of Newton
THE STORY OF ACOUSTICS
VI. The Acoustics of the Ancients
VII. Acoustics in the Western Cycle of Culture
VIII.The Nineteenth Century and After
THE STORY OF OPTICS
IX. Through Ancient Eyes
X. Optics in the Classical Cycle
XI. “Westward Ho”
XII. The School of Newton and Huygens
XIII. The School of Young and Fresnel
THE STORY OF THERMICS
XIV. Fingers Before Thermometers
XV. The Invention of the Thermometer
XVI. The Fruits of the Thermometer
THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
XVII. Amber and the Magnet
XVIII. Poles and Charges
XIX. Conduction
XX. Influence or Induction Charges
XXI. Electric Current
XXII. Induced Currents
XXIII. Electro-Magnetic Waves and Cathode Rays
XXIV. The Electron Theory
Appendix
Index