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A lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics.
A lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics.
Über den Autor
William H. Cropper is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University. He lives in Saugerties, New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1: Mechanics
- 1: How the Heavens Go: Galileo Galilei
- 2: A Man Obsessed: Isaac Newton
- Part 2: Thermodynamics
- 3: A Tale of Two Revolutions: Sadi Carnot
- 4: On the Dark Side: Robert Mayer
- 5: A Holy Undertaking: James Joule
- 6: Unities and a Unifier: Hermann Helmholtz
- 7: The Scientist as Virtuoso: William Thomson
- 8: The Road to Entropy: Rudolf Clausius
- 9: The Greatest Simplicity: Willard Gibbs
- 10: The Last Law: Walther Nernst
- Part 3: Electromagnetism
- 11: A Force of Nature: Michael Faraday
- 12: The Scientist as Magician: James Clerk Maxwell
- Part 4: Statistical Mechanics
- 13: Molecules and Entropy: Ludwig Boltzmann
- Part 5: Relativity
- 14: Adventure in Thought: Albert Einstein
- Part 6: Quantum Mechanics
- 15: Reluctant Revolutionary: Max Planck
- 16: Science by Conversation: Niels Bohr
- 17: The Scientist as Critic: Wolfgang Pauli
- 18: Matrix Mechanics: Werner Heisenberg
- 19: Wave Mechanics: Erwin Schrödinger and Louise de Broglie
- Part 7: Nuclear Physics
- 20: Opening Doors: Marie Curie
- 21: On the Crest of a Wave: Ernest Rutherford
- 22: Physics and Friendships: Lise Meitner
- 23: Complete Physicist: Enrico Fermi
- Part 8: Particle Physics
- 24: *I*g*d*v = *m*v: Paul Dirac
- 25: What Do You Care?: Richard Feyman
- 26: Telling the Tale of the Quarks: Murray Gell-Mann
- Part 9: Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology
- 27: Beyond the Galaxy: Edwin Hubble
- 28: Ideal Scholar: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 29: Affliction, Fame, and Fortune: Stephen Hawking
- Chronology of the Main Events
- Glossary
- Invitation to More Reading
- Index
Details
Empfohlen (bis): | 18 |
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Empfohlen (von): | 14 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
Genre: | Importe, Technik allg. |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780195173246 |
ISBN-10: | 0195173244 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Cropper, William H. |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 254 x 178 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | William H. Cropper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.09.2004 |
Gewicht: | 0,956 kg |
Über den Autor
William H. Cropper is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University. He lives in Saugerties, New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1: Mechanics
- 1: How the Heavens Go: Galileo Galilei
- 2: A Man Obsessed: Isaac Newton
- Part 2: Thermodynamics
- 3: A Tale of Two Revolutions: Sadi Carnot
- 4: On the Dark Side: Robert Mayer
- 5: A Holy Undertaking: James Joule
- 6: Unities and a Unifier: Hermann Helmholtz
- 7: The Scientist as Virtuoso: William Thomson
- 8: The Road to Entropy: Rudolf Clausius
- 9: The Greatest Simplicity: Willard Gibbs
- 10: The Last Law: Walther Nernst
- Part 3: Electromagnetism
- 11: A Force of Nature: Michael Faraday
- 12: The Scientist as Magician: James Clerk Maxwell
- Part 4: Statistical Mechanics
- 13: Molecules and Entropy: Ludwig Boltzmann
- Part 5: Relativity
- 14: Adventure in Thought: Albert Einstein
- Part 6: Quantum Mechanics
- 15: Reluctant Revolutionary: Max Planck
- 16: Science by Conversation: Niels Bohr
- 17: The Scientist as Critic: Wolfgang Pauli
- 18: Matrix Mechanics: Werner Heisenberg
- 19: Wave Mechanics: Erwin Schrödinger and Louise de Broglie
- Part 7: Nuclear Physics
- 20: Opening Doors: Marie Curie
- 21: On the Crest of a Wave: Ernest Rutherford
- 22: Physics and Friendships: Lise Meitner
- 23: Complete Physicist: Enrico Fermi
- Part 8: Particle Physics
- 24: *I*g*d*v = *m*v: Paul Dirac
- 25: What Do You Care?: Richard Feyman
- 26: Telling the Tale of the Quarks: Murray Gell-Mann
- Part 9: Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology
- 27: Beyond the Galaxy: Edwin Hubble
- 28: Ideal Scholar: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 29: Affliction, Fame, and Fortune: Stephen Hawking
- Chronology of the Main Events
- Glossary
- Invitation to More Reading
- Index
Details
Empfohlen (bis): | 18 |
---|---|
Empfohlen (von): | 14 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
Genre: | Importe, Technik allg. |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780195173246 |
ISBN-10: | 0195173244 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Cropper, William H. |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 254 x 178 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | William H. Cropper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.09.2004 |
Gewicht: | 0,956 kg |
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