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The Growth of Physical Science

By James Jeans

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780511694387, 9781108005654
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511694387
Google Books ID
PFvkPwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12736241 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
Edition
Reissue
Pages
394\394
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Growth of Physical Science is a detailed but very accessible survey of what began as natural philosophy and culminated in the mid-twentieth century as quantum physical science. From the earliest physical investigations of nature made by the various civilisations of Babylonia, Phoenicia and Egypt (a period covering 5000-600 BC), through the remarkable mathematical and philosophical achievements of the ancient Greeks, to the ages of Newton and then Einstein, Rutherford and Bohr, Jeans has written a comprehensive history of this tremendous advancement in our understanding of the universe, one that will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in this subject.

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