Archimedes to Hawking Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

Name: Archimedes to Hawking Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
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ISBN: 9780195336115

ISBN-10: 0195336119

ISBN-13: 9780195336115

Edition: 2008

Authors: Clifford Pickover

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Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to share in the amazing adventures of brilliant, quirky, and passionate people after whom these laws are named. These lawgivers turn out to be a fascinating, diverse, and sometimes eccentric group of people. Many were extremely versatile polymaths--human dynamos with a…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/16/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.53" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English