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The Story of Physics by Motz, Lloyd, Jefferson, Hane Weaver is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Story of Physics about?
xiii, 412 pages : 21 cm Traces the development of physics from 2000 years ago to the experimental theories of the 20th century "First Avon Books Trade Printing: September 1992"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references and index Greek physics -- Greek astronomy -- Pre-Galilean science -- The physics of Galileo -- Newton and his physics: The nature of theory -- Newton's law of gravity and his contemporaries -- The post-Newtonian era: Dynamic conservation principles -- The post-Newtonian era: minimal principles and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics -- The growth of optics, electricity, and magnetism -- The Faraday-Maxwell era -- The broadest laws of physics: Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics -- Origin of the quantum theory -- Planck's black-body radiation formula and Einstein's photon -- Experimental physics at the close of the nineteenth century -- Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity -- Atomic theory: The Bohr atom -- Quantum mechanics -- Nuclear physics -- Particle physics -- Cosmology
Who reads The Story of Physics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Motz, Lloyd, Jefferson, Hane Weaver
- Publisher
- Avon Books (P)
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780380717255
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Physics, Stem
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (44 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13