Physics - History
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From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries
$17.95 Read moreA leading figure in twentieth-century physics offers impressions and recollections of the field’s development. Nobel Laureate Emilio Segr (1905-89) knew and worked with many of modern physics’ preemi… [more below]
- Series: Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics
- Author: Segrè, Emilio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0486457834
- Language: English
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Thirty Years That Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory
$21.95 Read more“Dr. Gamow, physicist and gifted writer, has sketched an intriguing portrait of the scientists and clashing ideas that made the quantum revolution.” — Christian Science Monitor
In 1900, German physici- Author: Gamow, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 1985
- ISBN10: 048624895X
- Language: English
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Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World
$20.00 Add to cartA series of engaging essays that explore iconic moments of discovery and debate in physicists’ ongoing quest to understand the quantum world.
The ideas at the root of quantum theory remain stubbornly- Author: Kaiser, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 16 2022
- ISBN10: 022681999X
- Language: English
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The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension: Einstein Adds a New Dimension
$33.95 Add to cartIn volume three, students will look over Albert Einstein’s shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future… [more below]
- Series: Story of Science #3
- Author: Hakim, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1588341623
- Language: English
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The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way
$27.95 Add to cartReaders will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world’s first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and explore the lives and ideas of such famous pe… [more below]
- Series: Story of Science #1
- Author: Hakim, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: November 17 2004
- ISBN10: 1588341607
- Language: English
