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The Story of Physics

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  • © 1989

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  1. Lloyd Motz
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  2. Jefferson Hane Weaver
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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Greek Physics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 1-8

  3. Greek Astronomy

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 9-16

  4. Pre-Galilean Science

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 17-33

  5. The Physics of Galileo

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 34-42

  6. Newton and His Physics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 43-68

  7. Newton’s Law of Gravity and His Contemporaries

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 69-88

  8. The Post-Newtonian Era

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 89-103

  9. The Post-Newtonian Era

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 104-121

  10. The Growth of Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 122-137

  11. The Faraday-Maxwell Era

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 138-155

  12. The Broadest Laws of Physics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 156-189

  13. Origin of the Quantum Theory

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 190-203

  14. Planck’s Black-Body Radiation Formula and Einstein’s Photon

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 204-216

  15. Experimental Physics at the Close of the Nineteenth Century

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 217-240

  16. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 241-267

  17. Atomic Theory

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 268-281

  18. Quantum Mechanics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 282-307

  19. Nuclear Physics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 308-328

  20. Particle Physics

    • Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver
    Pages 329-355
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Story of Physics

  • Authors: Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6305-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Hane Weaver 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43076-3Published: 01 January 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6305-5Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 412

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Physics, general

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