When Physics Became King

Name: When Physics Became King
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ISBN: 9780226542027

ISBN-10: 0226542025

ISBN-13: 9780226542027

Edition: 2005

Authors: Iwan Rhys Morus

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As recently as two hundred years ago, physics as we know it today did not exist. Born in the early nineteenth century during the second scientific revolution, physics struggled at first to achieve legitimacy in the scientific community and culture at large. In fact, the term "physicist" did not appear in English until the 1830s.When Physics Became King traces the emergence of this revolutionary science, demonstrating how a discipline that barely existed in 1800 came to be regarded a century later as the ultimate key to unlocking nature's secrets. A cultural history designed to provide a big-picture view, the book ably ties advances in the field to the efforts of physicists who worked to win…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations



Queen of the Sciences



A Revolutionary Science



The Romance of Nature



The Science of Showmanship



The Science of Work



Mysterious Fluids and Forces



Mapping the Heavens



Places of Precision



Imperial Physics


Notes


Bibliographic Essay


Index