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Author |
: Michel Serres |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2018-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786606266 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786606267 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Birth of Physics by : Michel Serres
Michel Serres is one of the most influential living theorists in European philosophy. This volume makes available a work which has a foundational place in the development of chaos theory, representing a tour de force application of the principles underlying Serres’ distinctive philosophy of science.
Author |
: I. Bernard Cohen |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393019942 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393019940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Birth of a New Physics by : I. Bernard Cohen
Relates man's search from the sixteenth century to the present for a physics to describe the dynamics of a universe in motion.
Author |
: Gino Segrè |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 387 |
Release |
: 2016-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627790062 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627790063 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Pope of Physics by : Gino Segrè
Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions. This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figure in America's most secret project: building the atomic bomb. The last physicist who mastered all branches of the discipline, Fermi was a rare mixture of theorist and experimentalist. His rich legacy encompasses key advances in fields as diverse as comic rays, nuclear technology, and early computers. In their revealing book, The Pope of Physics, Gino Segré and Bettina Hoerlin bring this scientific visionary to life. An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi’s life as well as a thrilling history of scientific innovation in the twentieth century, this is the comprehensive biography that Fermi deserves.
Author |
: Fulvio Melia |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 151 |
Release |
: 2009-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226519548 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226519546 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cracking the Einstein Code by : Fulvio Melia
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity describes the effect of gravitation on the shape of space and the flow of time. But for more than four decades after its publication, the theory remained largely a curiosity for scientists; however accurate it seemed, Einstein’s mathematical code—represented by six interlocking equations—was one of the most difficult to crack in all of science. That is, until a twenty-nine-year-old Cambridge graduate solved the great riddle in 1963. Roy Kerr’s solution emerged coincidentally with the discovery of black holes that same year and provided fertile testing ground—at long last—for general relativity. Today, scientists routinely cite the Kerr solution, but even among specialists, few know the story of how Kerr cracked Einstein’s code. Fulvio Melia here offers an eyewitness account of the events leading up to Kerr’s great discovery. Cracking the Einstein Code vividly describes how luminaries such as Karl Schwarzschild, David Hilbert, and Emmy Noether set the stage for the Kerr solution; how Kerr came to make his breakthrough; and how scientists such as Roger Penrose, Kip Thorne, and Stephen Hawking used the accomplishment to refine and expand modern astronomy and physics. Today more than 300 million supermassive black holes are suspected of anchoring their host galaxies across the cosmos, and the Kerr solution is what astronomers and astrophysicists use to describe much of their behavior. By unmasking the history behind the search for a real world solution to Einstein’s field equations, Melia offers a first-hand account of an important but untold story. Sometimes dramatic, often exhilarating, but always attuned to the human element, Cracking the Einstein Code is ultimately a showcase of how important science gets done.
Author |
: Mario Gliozzi |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 505 |
Release |
: 2022-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781527581258 |
ISBN-13 |
: 152758125X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Physics over the Last Two Centuries by : Mario Gliozzi
The book tells the fascinating story of physics starting from the 19th century, from the wave theory of light, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, up to the discoveries of the 20th century. It investigates the frequently contrasting ideas and the raging arguments that led to our current understanding of the physical world, from the theory of relativity to quantum mechanics.
Author |
: John V. Pickstone |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0719059941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719059940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ways of Knowing by : John V. Pickstone
This classic MUP text discusses the historical development of science, technology and medicine in Western Europe and North America from the Renaissance to the present. Combining theoretical discussion and empirical illustration, it redefines the geography of science, technology and medicine.
Author |
: J. L. Heilbron |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 193 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199684120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019968412X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Physics by : J. L. Heilbron
Originally published in 2015 as: Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks.
Author |
: Abraham Pais |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 596 |
Release |
: 1991-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192522306 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192522302 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Niels Bohr's Times by : Abraham Pais
The life of Niels Bohr spanned times of revolutionary change in science itself as well as its impact on society. Along with Albert Einstein, Bohr can be considered to be this century's major driving force behind the new philosophical and mathematical descriptions of the structure of the atom and the nucleus. Abraham Pais, the acclaimed biogrpaher of Albert Einstein, here traces Bohr's progress from his well-to-do origins in late nineteenth-century Denmark to his position at centre stage in the world political scene, particularly during the Second World War and the development of atomic weapons. Pais' description moves through the science as it was before Bohr, as it became because of Bohr, and thence to Bohr's scientific and philosophical legacy. That legacy is contained both in theory as it is now universally enshrined, as well as in its practice in such great Danish institutions as Riso. But more than that, Pais captures the essence of Bohr, the intensely private family figure who, despite appalling personal tragedy, became one of the most loved cultural figures of recent times.
Author |
: Alex Ely Kossovsky |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2020-08-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030517441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030517446 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Birth of Science by : Alex Ely Kossovsky
This book reveals the multi-generational process involved in humanity's first major scientific achievement, namely the discovery of modern physics, and examines the personal lives of six of the intellectual giants involved. It explores the profound revolution in the way of thinking, and in particular the successful refutation of the school of thought inherited from the Greeks, which focused on the perfection and immutability of the celestial world. In addition, the emergence of the scientific method and the adoption of mathematics as the central tool in scientific endeavors are discussed. The book then explores the delicate thread between pure philosophy, grand unifying theories, and verifiable real-life scientific facts. Lastly, it turns to Kepler’s crucial 3rd law and shows how it was derived from a mere six data points, corresponding to the six planets known at the time. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book will inform and fascinate all aficionados of science, history, philosophy, and, in particular, astronomy.
Author |
: Irwin Bernard Cohen (history of science) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 1966 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:69204401 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Birth of a New Physics by : Irwin Bernard Cohen (history of science)