Physics an illustrated history of the foundations of science
Knowledge does not arrive fully formed; it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence and, step by step, edge ever closer to the truth. Here we track the history of Physics, the field of enquiry that investigates the very foundations of nature and without which all other sciences would be meani...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Shelter Harbor Press,
2020.
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| Series: | 100 breakthroughs that changed history
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| Summary: | Knowledge does not arrive fully formed; it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence and, step by step, edge ever closer to the truth. Here we track the history of Physics, the field of enquiry that investigates the very foundations of nature and without which all other sciences would be meaningless. Our story shows how great physicists uncovered the truths about the Universe: Galileo discovered the principles of pendulums while watching a lamp swing in church; Isaac Newton realized that the force holding the Moon in orbit was the same one that made apples fall from trees; and Richard Reynman figured out how subatomic particles behave while watching a student spin a lunch plate. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1627951539 9781627951531 |
