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Author : Kapila Mittal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788189942700
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Origin And Development Of Physics written by Kapila Mittal and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Max Planck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory written by Max Planck and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Fawcett Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Physics written by Harry Fawcett Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edited by: Kisak
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519198372
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (983 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of Physics written by Edited by: Kisak and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics is the fundamental branch of science that developed out of the study of nature and philosophy known, until around the end of the 19th century, as "natural philosophy." Today, physics is ultimately defined as the study of matter, energy and the relationships between them. Physics is, in some senses, the oldest and most basic pure science; its discoveries find applications throughout the natural sciences, since matter and energy are the basic constituents of the natural world. The other sciences are generally more limited in their scope and may be considered branches that have split off from physics to become sciences in their own right. Physics today may be divided loosely into classical physics and modern physics. Elements of what became physics were drawn primarily from the fields of astronomy, optics, and mechanics, which were methodologically united through the study of geometry. These mathematical disciplines began in antiquity with the Babylonians and with Hellenistic writers such as Archimedes and Ptolemy. Ancient philosophy, meanwhile - including what was called "physics" - focused on explaining nature through ideas such as Aristotle's four types of "cause."
Author : Harry Varvoglis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319042920
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book History and Evolution of Concepts in Physics written by Harry Varvoglis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of nature, and in particular of physics and the laws governing it, has changed radically since the days of the ancient Greek natural philosophers. This book explains how and why these changes occurred, through landmark experiments as well as theories that - for their time - were revolutionary. The presentation covers Mechanics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Relativity Theory, Atomic Physics and Quantum Physics. The book places emphasis on ideas and on a qualitative presentation, rather than on mathematics and equations. Thus, although primarily addressed to those who are studying or have studied science, it can also be read by non-specialists. The author concludes with a discussion of the evolution and organization of universities, from ancient times until today, and of the organization and dissemination of knowledge through scientific publications and conferences.
Author : S. D'Agostino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402002441
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book A History of the Ideas of Theoretical Physics written by S. D'Agostino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a perspective on the history of theoretical physics over the past two hundreds years. It comprises essays on the history of pre-Maxwellian electrodynamics, of Maxwell's and Hertz's field theories, and of the present century's relativity and quantum physics. A common thread across the essays is the search for and the exploration of themes that influenced significant con ceptual changes in the great movement of ideas and experiments which heralded the emergence of theoretical physics (hereafter: TP). The fun. damental change involved the recognition of the scien tific validity of theoretical physics. In the second half of the nine teenth century, it was not easy for many physicists to understand the nature and scope of theoretical physics and of its adept, the theoreti cal physicist. A physicist like Ludwig Boltzmann, one of the eminent contributors to the new discipline, confessed in 1895 that, "even the formulation of this concept [of a theoretical physicist] is not entirely without difficulty". 1 Although science had always been divided into theory and experiment, it was only in physics that theoretical work developed into a major research and teaching specialty in its own right. 2 It is true that theoretical physics was mainly a creation of tum of-the century German physics, where it received full institutional recognition, but it is also undeniable that outstanding physicists in other European countries, namely, Ampere, Fourier, and Maxwell, also had an important part in its creation.
Author : Daniel F. Styer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316101878
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics written by Daniel F. Styer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exceptionally accessible, accurate, and non-technical introduction to quantum mechanics. After briefly summarizing the differences between classical and quantum behaviour, this engaging account considers the Stern-Gerlach experiment and its implications, treats the concepts of probability, and then discusses the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox and Bell's theorem. Quantal interference and the concept of amplitudes are introduced and the link revealed between probabilities and the interference of amplitudes. Quantal amplitude is employed to describe interference effects. Final chapters explore exciting new developments in quantum computation and cryptography, discover the unexpected behaviour of a quantal bouncing-ball, and tackle the challenge of describing a particle with no position. Thought-provoking problems and suggestions for further reading are included. Suitable for use as a course text, The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics enables students to develop a genuine understanding of the domain of the very small. It will also appeal to general readers seeking intellectual adventure.
Author : J. L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019968412X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The History of Physics written by J. L. Heilbron and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2015 as: Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks.
Author : Melih M. Gordesli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781543031522
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The History of Quantum Physics written by Melih M. Gordesli and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still today, it is hard for most of us to comprehend the paradoxical character of quantum theory. Its complex nature can nevertheless be broken down into the most important aspects and explained in an intelligible way. This book offers an easily understandable overview of its development and fundamental features and illustrates the origins of quantum theory as we know it today through the contributions of distinguished physicists and scientists over several centuries.
Author : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691095523
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Quantum Generations written by Helge Kragh and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-24 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among other fields. These subjects have fundamentally changed our understanding of space, time, and matter. They have also transformed daily life, inspiring a technological revolution that has included the development of radio, television, lasers, nuclear power, and computers. In Quantum Generations, Helge Kragh, one of the world's leading historians of physics, presents a sweeping account of these extraordinary achievements of the past one hundred years. The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Unlike most previous histories of physics, written either from a scientific perspective or from a social and institutional perspective, Quantum Generations combines both approaches. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses of science, ranging from compact disks to bombs. As a historian, Kragh skillfully outlines the social and economic contexts that have shaped the field in the twentieth century. He writes, for example, about the impact of the two world wars, the fate of physics under Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, the role of military research, the emerging leadership of the United States, and the backlash against science that began in the 1960s. He also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Combining a mastery of detail with a sure sense of the broad contours of historical change, Kragh has written a fitting tribute to the scientists who have played such a decisive role in the making of the modern world.
Author : René Dugas
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486173372
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book A History of Mechanics written by René Dugas and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A remarkable work which will remain a document of the first rank for the historian of mechanics." — Louis de Broglie In this masterful synthesis and summation of the science of mechanics, Rene Dugas, a leading scholar and educator at the famed Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, deals with the evolution of the principles of general mechanics chronologically from their earliest roots in antiquity through the Middle Ages to the revolutionary developments in relativistic mechanics, wave and quantum mechanics of the early 20th century. The present volume is divided into five parts: The first treats of the pioneers in the study of mechanics, from its beginnings up to and including the sixteenth century; the second section discusses the formation of classical mechanics, including the tremendously creative and influential work of Galileo, Huygens and Newton. The third part is devoted to the eighteenth century, in which the organization of mechanics finds its climax in the achievements of Euler, d'Alembert and Lagrange. The fourth part is devoted to classical mechanics after Lagrange. In Part Five, the author undertakes the relativistic revolutions in quantum and wave mechanics. Writing with great clarity and sweep of vision, M. Dugas follows closely the ideas of the great innovators and the texts of their writings. The result is an exceptionally accurate and objective account, especially thorough in its accounts of mechanics in antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the important contributions of Jordanus of Nemore, Jean Buridan, Albert of Saxony, Nicole Oresme, Leonardo da Vinci, and many other key figures. Erudite, comprehensive, replete with penetrating insights, AHistory of Mechanics is an unusually skillful and wide-ranging study that belongs in the library of anyone interested in the history of science.
Author : Max Planck
Publisher : Namaskar Book
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Origin and Development of The Quantum Theory written by Max Planck and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey through the evolution of modern physics with "The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory: Max Planck's Scientific Insights" by Max Planck. Explore the groundbreaking discoveries and scientific insights that revolutionized our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. As Planck's profound insights unfold, delve into the intricate world of quantum theory and the paradigm-shifting discoveries that reshaped the landscape of physics. Follow along as Planck navigates the complexities of quantum mechanics, shedding light on the mysterious realm of subatomic particles and wave-particle duality. But amidst the exploration of quantum phenomena lies a fundamental question: How do we reconcile the bizarre and counterintuitive nature of the quantum world with our classical understanding of reality? Planck's seminal work challenges us to expand our minds and embrace a new paradigm that defies conventional logic. Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of scientific discovery as Planck's words illuminate the path towards a deeper understanding of the universe. Let his insights inspire you to question the nature of reality and explore the frontiers of human knowledge. Are you ready to embark on a journey through the mysteries of the quantum world with Max Planck? Join Planck in his quest to unravel the secrets of the universe and unlock the mysteries of quantum theory. Let his scientific insights be your guide as you venture into the realms of particle physics and quantum mechanics. Now is the time to delve into the origins and development of the quantum theory with Max Planck. Embrace the beauty of scientific inquiry and expand your understanding of the universe with this groundbreaking work. Purchase your copy now and embark on a journey of intellectual discovery and scientific enlightenment.
Author : John L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199883769
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Guide to the History of Physics and Astronomy written by John L. Heilbron and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists, concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to the present. For students, teachers, historians, scientists, and readers of popular science books such as Galileo's Daughter, this guide deciphers the methods and philosophies of physics and astronomy as well as the historical periods from which they emerged. Meant to serve the lay reader and the professional alike, this book can be turned to for the answer to how scientists learned to measure the speed of light, or consulted for neat, careful summaries of topics as complicated as quantum field theory and as vast as the universe. The entries, each written by a noted scholar and edited by J. L. Heilbron, Professor of History and Vice Chancellor, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, reflect the most up-to-date research and discuss the applications of the scientific disciplines to the wider world of religion, law, war, art and literature. No other source on these two branches of science is as informative or as inviting. Thoroughly cross-referenced and accented by dozens of black and white illustrations, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy is the source to turn to for anyone looking for a quick explanation of alchemy, x-rays and any type of matter or energy in between.
Author : Florian Cajori
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches written by Florian Cajori and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger G. Newton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674266234
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book From Clockwork to Crapshoot written by Roger G. Newton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is about 6000 years old while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during this great span of time, the manner in which they explained the underlying structure of that world underwent a philosophical evolution. From Clockwork to Crapshoot provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics in relation to philosophical traditions as far back as ancient Greece. Roger Newton, whose previous works have been widely praised for erudition and accessibility, presents a history of physics from the early beginning to our day--with the associated mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry. Along the way, he gives brief explanations of the scientific concepts at issue, biographical thumbnail sketches of the protagonists, and descriptions of the changing instruments that enabled scientists to make their discoveries. He traces a profound change from a deterministic explanation of the world--accepted at least since the time of the ancient Greek and Taoist Chinese civilizations--to the notion of probability, enshrined as the very basis of science with the quantum revolution at the beginning of the twentieth century. With this change, Newton finds another fundamental shift in the focus of physicists--from the cause of dynamics or motion to the basic structure of the world. His work identifies what may well be the defining characteristic of physics in the twenty-first century.
Author : Jordan Maxwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book History of Physics written by Jordan Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book we will cover the history of physics. From Newton to Einstein, from Maxwell to Feynman, we will cover everything about the story that crafted modern physics and knowledge of the universe. We will discover secrets and hidden physics stories you did't know yet. How physics crafted the modern world, from computers to casino and betting, from atomic power to finance. Physicists crafted our world, and we are going to discover how.
Author : Karoly Simonyi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439865116
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book A Cultural History of Physics written by Karoly Simonyi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture,
