Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World - Couverture souple

Pais, Abraham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198519974 ISBN 13 : 9780198519973

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

The history of physics since the discovery of X-rays would be too simplistic a description of this book. Certainly it covers the historical period from the late nineteenth century to the present day, but the book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years or so, but why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists involved, and how what, at the time, seemed a series of bizarre or unrelated events, now with hindsight presents a logical narrative. The author, himself a notable physicist and author of the highly successful Subtle is the Lord (Clarendon Press 1982), was personally involved in many of the developments described in the book. As with his previous book, unique insights into the world of big and small physics are to be gained from this major work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Abraham Pais is Detlev W. Bronk Professor of Physics at the Rockefeller University and winner of the 1979 J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198519974
• ISBN 13: 9780198519973
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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