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FROM FALLING BODIES TO RADIO WAVES: CLASSICAL PHYSICISTS By Emilio Segre *Mint*

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Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Type
Paperback
Publication Name
Dover Publications
ISBN-10
0486458083
ISBN
9780486458083

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Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486458083
ISBN-13
9780486458083
eBay Product ID (ePID)
58664289

Product Key Features

Book Title
From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves : Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Physics / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
Emilio Segre
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-003423
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
530.09
Table Of Content
PrefaceA Whimsical Prelude1. The Founding Fathers: Galileo and Huygens2. The Magic Mountain: Newton3. What Is Light?4. Electricity: From Thunder to Motors and Waves5. Heat: Substance, Vibration, and Motion6. Kinetic Theory: The Beginning of the Unraveling of the Structure of MatterConclusionsAppendix 1. Newton's mathematical principles (Section II): the determination of centripetal forces.Appendix 2. Newton's mathematical principles (Section III): the motion of bodies in eccentric conic sections.Appendix 3. Kepler's laws in modern standard derivation.Appendix 4. Kirchhoff's law on heat exchange.Appendix 5. The arguments of the "Newton of electricity."Appendix 6. The measurement of the ratio of electrostatic to electromagnetic units of charge and the velocity of light.Appendix 7. Plane waves from Maxwell's equations.Appendix 8. The influence of pressure on the melting point of ice.Appendix 9. The absolute scale of temperature and the gas thermometer.Appendix 10. Maxwell's distribution of velocities of molecules in his own words.Appendix 11. Boltzmann's epitaph.Appendix 12. The essentials of Boltzmann's H-theorem.Appendix 13. Dilemmas posed by the equipartition of energy.Appendix 14. The marvelous equation of van der Waals and Clausius' virial theorem.BibliographyName IndexSubject Index
Synopsis
Hailed by the "Journal of the History of Astronomy" as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" -- Galileo, Huygens, and Newton -- to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition., Meet a diverse group of highly original thinkers and learn about their lives and achievements: Galileo, a founding father of astronomy and physics; Christiaan Huygens, a seventeenth-century pioneer of wave-particle duality; and Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and physicist who laid the groundwork for a scientific revolution and promoted radical investigation as the means to reveal nature's hidden workings. This chronicle of physics and physicists traces the development of scientific thought from these originators to their successors, among them Faraday, Watts, Helmholtz, Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. Combining his own engaging style with the physicists' original writings, the author illustrates the evolution of individual physical ideas, as well as their roles in the wider field. A student and colleague of Enrico Fermi, Emilio Segr (1905-89) made numerous important contributions to nuclear physics, including his participation in the Manhattan Project. A Nobel laureate, Segr is further renowned for his narrative skills as an historian. Hailed by the Journal of the History of Astronomy as "charming and witty," this book is a companion to the author's From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries, also available from Dover Publications., Meet a diverse group of highly original thinkers and learn about their lives and achievements: Galileo, a founding father of astronomy and physics; Christiaan Huygens, a seventeenth-century pioneer of wave-particle duality; and Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and physicist who laid the groundwork for a scientific revolution and promoted radical investigation as the means to reveal nature's hidden workings. This chronicle of physics and physicists traces the development of scientific thought from these originators to their successors, among them Faraday, Watts, Helmholtz, Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. Combining his own engaging style with the physicists' original writings, the author illustrates the evolution of individual physical ideas, as well as their roles in the wider field. A student and colleague of Enrico Fermi, Emilio Segrè (1905-89) made numerous important contributions to nuclear physics, including his participation in the Manhattan Project. A Nobel laureate, Segrè is further renowned for his narrative skills as an historian. Hailed by the Journal of the History of Astronomy as "charming and witty," this book is a companion to the author's From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries, also available from Dover Publications., Hailed by the Journal of the History of Astronomy as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" -- Galileo, Huygens, and Newton -- to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition., This chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of Galileo, Huygens, and Newton to discoveries by Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.
LC Classification Number
QC7.S435 2007

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