From Clockwork to Crapshoot

A History of Physics

Roger G. Newton

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$23.50 • £18.95 • €21.00

ISBN 9780674034877

Publication Date: 03/30/2010

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352 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

12 line, 2 halftones, 1 map

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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

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