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Author : Melba Phillips
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Physics History from AAPT Journals written by Melba Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprints of historical articles from the journals of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Author : A. P. French
Publisher : Amer Assn of Physics Teachers
ISBN 13 : 9780917853586
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Physics History from AAPT Journals II written by A. P. French and published by Amer Assn of Physics Teachers. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Manliffe Sutton
Publisher : Amer Assn of Physics Teachers
ISBN 13 : 9781931024051
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Demonstration Experiments in Physics written by Richard Manliffe Sutton and published by Amer Assn of Physics Teachers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Baggott
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453299149
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Farewell to Reality written by Jim Baggott and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a lively, provocative, and “intellectually gratifying” critique of modern theoretical physics (The Economist). Where does one draw the line between solid science and fairy-tale physics? Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles, super strings, the multiverse, the holographic principle, or the anthropic cosmological principle. Unafraid to challenge prominent theorists, Baggott offers engaging portraits of many central figures of modern physics, including Stephen Hawking, Paul Davies, John D. Barrow, Brian Greene, and Leonard Susskind. Informed, comprehensive, and balanced, Farewell to Reality discusses the latest ideas about the nature of physical reality while clearly distinguishing between fact and fantasy, providing essential and entertaining reading for everyone interested in what we know and don’t know about the nature of the universe and reality itself.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Journal of Physics written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melba Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780735421561
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (215 download)
Download or read book 50 Years On Teaching Physics written by Melba Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a reprint collection of American Journal of Physics articles from the first half century of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). These often timeless articles are still significant in their impact on physics education today. 50 Years On Teaching Physics brings together reflections on the first 25 years of the AAPT-amongst these are the thoughts and opinions of recipients of the Oersted Medal, the AAPT's most prestigious award, which recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. Key highlights: --Millikan's idea of what makes a good teacher --Historical detail from Klopsteg, the founder of the AAPT, and his ideas on the value of technology in a university --The first Richtmyer lecture, written by A. H. Compton soon after Pearl Harbor --Robert W. Pohl on Thomas Young's discovery of interference 50 Years On Teaching Physics is an excellent resource for those in physics education as well as general physics and the history of science.
Author : Eric Johnson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262038617
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Anxiety and the Equation written by Eric Johnson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. Ludwig Boltzmann's grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S = k log W. This equation was Boltzmann's great discovery, and it contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. In Anxiety and the Equation, Eric Johnson tells the story of a man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who did his most important work as he struggled with mental illness. Johnson explains that “S” in Boltzmann's equation refers to entropy, and that entropy is the central quantity in the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing a way to differentiate between past and future. We know that the future will be a state of higher entropy than the past, and we have Boltzmann to thank for discovering the equation that underlies that fundamental trend. Johnson, accessibly and engagingly, reassembles Boltzmann's equation from its various components and presents episodes from Boltzmann's life—beginning at the end, with “Boltzmann Kills Himself” and “Boltzmann Is Buried (Not Once, But Twice).” Johnson explains the second law in simple terms, introduces key concepts through thought experiments, and explores Boltzmann's work. He argues that Boltzmann, diagnosed by his contemporaries as neurasthenic, suffered from an anxiety disorder. He was, says Johnson, a man of reason who suffered from irrational concerns about his work, worrying especially about opposition from the scientific establishment of the day. Johnson's clear and concise explanations will acquaint the nonspecialist reader with such seemingly esoteric concepts as microstates, macrostates, fluctuations, the distribution of energy, log functions, and equilibrium. He describes Boltzmann's relationships with other scientists, including Max Planck and Henri Poincaré, and, finally, imagines “an alternative ending,” in which Boltzmann lived on and died of natural causes.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (675 download)
Download or read book To Advance and Diffuse the Knowledge of Physics written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert E. Moyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780938228066
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book American Physics in Transition written by Albert E. Moyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert E. Moyer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520912137
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)
Download or read book A Scientist's Voice in American Culture written by Albert E. Moyer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-09-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late nineteenth-century America, Simon Newcomb was the nation's most celebrated scientist and—irascibly, doggedly, tirelessly—he made the most of it. Officially a mathematical astronomer heading a government agency, Newcomb spent as much of his life out of the observatory as in it, acting as a spokesman for the nascent but restive scientific community of his time. Newcomb saw the "scientific method" as a potential guide for all disciplines and a basis for all practical action, and argued passionately that it was of as much use in the halls of Congress as in the laboratory. In so doing, he not only sparked popular support for American science but also confronted a wide spectrum of social, cultural, and intellectual issues. This first full-length study of Newcomb traces the development of his faith in science and ranges over topics of great public debate in the Gilded Age, from the reform of economic theory to the recasting of the debate between science and religion. Moyer's portrait of a restless, eager mind also illuminates the bustle of late nineteenth-century America.
Author : Gerald James Holton
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813529080
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Physics, the Human Adventure written by Gerald James Holton and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Some Trigonometric Relations -- Vector Algebra.
Author : David C. Cassidy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674725824
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Physics in the American Century written by David C. Cassidy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the twentieth century ended, computers, the Internet, and nanotechnology were central to modern American life. Yet the physical advances underlying these applications are poorly understood and underappreciated by U.S. citizens. In this overview, Cassidy views physics through America's engagement with the political events of a tumultuous century.
Author : Stephen G. Brush
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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book History of Physics written by Stephen G. Brush and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Center for History of Physics written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes exhibits, syllabi, a library catalog, a visual archive, a newsletter, and information about grants, meetings, and publications. Documents the history of physics and related sciences such as astronomy, geophysics, and optics.
Author : David Wootton
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062199250
Total Pages : 1068 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Science written by David Wootton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Captures the excitement of the scientific revolution and makes a point of celebrating the advances it ushered in." —Financial Times A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world. We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under political attack. In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. The Invention of Science goes back five hundred years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently, but came to intersect and create a new worldview. Here are the brilliant iconoclasts—Galileo, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton, and many more curious minds from across Europe—whose studies of the natural world challenged centuries of religious orthodoxy and ingrained superstition. From gunpowder technology, the discovery of the new world, movable type printing, perspective painting, and the telescope to the practice of conducting experiments, the laws of nature, and the concept of the fact, Wotton shows how these discoveries codified into a social construct and a system of knowledge. Ultimately, he makes clear the link between scientific discovery and the rise of industrialization—and the birth of the modern world we know.
Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134262949
Total Pages : 965 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Reader's Guide to the History of Science written by Arne Hessenbruch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.
Author : Marjorie C. Malley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199831785
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Radioactivity written by Marjorie C. Malley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a new science. Beginning with an obscure discovery in 1896, radioactivity led researchers on a quest for understanding that ultimately confronted the intersection of knowledge and mystery. Mysterious from the start, radioactivity attracted researchers who struggled to understand it. What caused certain atoms to give off invisible, penetrating rays? Where did the energy come from? These questions became increasingly pressing when researchers realized the process seemed to continue indefinitely, producing huge quantities of energy. Investigators found cases where radioactivity did change, forcing them to the startling conclusion that radioactive bodies were transmuting into other substances. Chemical elements were not immutable after all. Radioactivity produced traces of matter so minuscule and evanescent that researchers had to devise new techniques and instruments to investigate them. Scientists in many countries, but especially in laboratories in Paris, Manchester, and Vienna unraveled the details of radioactive transformations. They created a new science with specialized techniques, instruments, journals, and international conferences. Women entered the field in unprecedented numbers. Experiments led to revolutionary ideas about the atom and speculations about atomic energy. The excitement spilled over to the public, who expected marvels and miracles from radium, a scarce element discovered solely by its radioactivity. The new phenomenon enkindled the imagination and awakened ancient themes of literature and myth. Entrepreneurs created new industries, and physicians devised novel treatments for cancer. Radioactivity gave archaeologists methods for dating artifacts and meteorologists a new explanation for the air's conductivity. Their explorations revealed a mysterious radiation from space. Radioactivity profoundly changed science, politics, and culture. The field produced numerous Nobel Prize winners, yet radioactivity's talented researchers could not solve the mysteries underlying the new phenomenon. That was left to a new generation and a new way of thinking about reality. Radioactivity presents this fascinating history in a way that is both accessible and appealing to the general reader. Not merely a historical account, the book examines philosophical issues connected with radioactivity, and relates its topics to broader issues regarding the nature of science.
