From Clockwork to Crapshoot

A History of Physics

Roger G. Newton

    Prologue

    1. Beginnings

    2. The Greek Miracle

    3. Science in the Middle Ages

    4. The First Revolution

    5. Newton's Legacy

    6. New Physics

    7. Relativity

    8. Statistical Physics

    9. Probability

    10. The Quantum Revolution

    11. Fields, Nuclei, and Stars

    12. The Properties of Matter

    13. The Constituents of the Universe

    Epilogue

    Notes

    Sources and Further Reading

    Index

  • Cover: From Clockwork to Crapshoot
  • A photo of the author

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Roger G. Newton is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at Indiana University.