Overview
- An easy to understand travel guide to physical highlights
- Find out where famous scientists lived, worked, and where important discoveries were made
- Add science to your sightseeing and enrich your understanding and appreciation for the city
- A wonderful gift for all, especially those interested in physics or general science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Switzerland
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Austria
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United States
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About this book
Travelers differ.At one extreme are random travelers who see what they accidentally bump into.At the other extreme are the lock-step travelers who follow a banner (or a red umbrella) and look when and where a voice tells them to look. Between these extremes are the guide-book travelers who identify the whereabouts of those sites that interest them and they plan their sightseeing accordingly. If a traveler’s interests are captivated by the arts, guide books can be very helpful. For example, the table of contents of a current guide book for travelers going to G- many has sections on architecture, art, literature, music and cinema.The index gives page references for famous writers, musicians, and artists.Yet, while Germany was a dominate force in physical science during the 19th and into the 20th centuries and while the names and photos of prominent German physical scientists who worked in this period are sprinkled through the pages of textbooks, only one scientist is m- tioned by name:Albert Einstein is identified as the most famous citizen of Ulm.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Physical Tourist
Book Subtitle: A Science Guide for the Traveler
Editors: John S. Rigden, Roger H. Stuewer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8933-8
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkh�user Basel 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-8932-1Published: 25 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-8933-8Published: 29 May 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 251