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Great Ideas in Physics (3rd ed)

By Alan Lightman

Book information

Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Year
2000
ISBN
0071357386
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15409261 bytes)
Pages
305\305
Time added
2019-12-24 15:11:16

Description

In Great Ideas in Physics, Alan Lightman clearly explains the physics behind each of the four great ideas and deftly untangles for lay readers such knotty concepts as entropy, the relativity of time, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Throughout the book he uses excerpts from the writings of scientific luminaries such as Newton, Kelvin, Einstein, and de Broglie to help place each in its proper historical perspective. And with the help of expertly annotated passages from the works of dozens of writers, philosophers, artists, and social theorists, Lightman explores the two-way influences of these landmark scientific concepts on our entire human culture and the world of ideas.

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