Description: Further DetailsTitle: The History of PhysicsCondition: NewISBN-10: 019968412XEAN: 9780199684120ISBN: 9780199684120Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/25/2018Description: How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? This Very Short Introduction introduces us to Islamic astronomers and mathematicians calculating the size of the earth whilst their caliphs conquered much of it; to medieval scholar-theologians investigating light; to Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, measuring, and trying to explain, the universe. We visit the 'House of Wisdom' in 9th-century Baghdad; Europe's first universities; the courts of the Renaissance; the Scientific Revolution and the academies of the 18th century; and the increasingly specialised world of 20th and 21st century science. Highlighting the shifting relationship between physics, philosophy, mathematics, and technology - and the implications for humankind's self-understanding - Heilbron explores the changing place and purpose of physics in the cultures and societies that have nurtured it over the centuries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 175mmItem Length: 112mmItem Width: 11mmAuthor: J.L. HeilbronGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Very Short IntroductionsItem Weight: 144gSubtitle: A Very Short IntroductionRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The History of Physics
Title: The History of Physics
ISBN-10: 019968412X
EAN: 9780199684120
ISBN: 9780199684120
Release Date: 01/25/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Very Short Introductions
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Book Title: History of Physics : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: History, Physics / General
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 5.4 Oz
Item Length: 6.9 in
Author: J. L. Heilbron
Item Width: 4.4 in
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
