Seven Ideas That Shook the Universe

Name: Seven Ideas That Shook the Universe
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ISBN: 9780471848165

ISBN-10: 0471848166

ISBN-13: 9780471848165

Edition: 1987

Authors: Nathan Spielberg, Bryon D. Anderson

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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.07" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Partial table of contents


Introduction


Dominant Themes in Physics


Science and Other Areas of Human Endeavor: Distinctions and Similarities


Copernican Astronomy


Early Scientific Stirrings in the Mediterranean Area


Geocentric Theory of the Universe


The Heliocentric Theory: Revival by Copernicus


New Data and a New Theory


Newtonian Mechanics and Causality


Aristotelian Physics


Galilean Mechanics


Logic, Mathematics, and Science


The Energy Concept


Interactions and Conservation Laws


Heat and Motion


Entropy and Probability


Heat and Temperature


The Natural Flow of Heat


Transformation of Heat Energy into Other Forms of Energy


The Third Law of Thermodynamics


Relativity


Galilean-Newtonian Relativity


Attempts to Detect the Ether


General Theory of Relativity


Quantum Theory and the End of Causality


Cavity of Blackbody Radiation


The Nuclear Atom and Atomic Spectra


The Use of Models in Describing Nature


The Impact of Quantum Theory on Philosophy and Literature


Conservation Principles and Symmetries


The Nuclear Force and Nuclear Structure


Conservation Laws and Symmetries


Index