History and Evolution of Concepts in Physics
Our understanding of nature, and in particular of physics and the laws governing it, has changed radically since the days of the ancient Greek natural philosophers. This book explains how and why these changes occurred, through landmark experiments as well as theories that - for their time - were re...
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04292-3 Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Part I From Ancient Greece to the Renaissance
- Physical Sciences and Physics
- The Ideas of Greeks About Nature
- From the Classical Era to the Renaissance
- Part II From the Renaissance to the Present Era.- The Major Branches of Physics.- Mechanics
- Optics
- Static Magnetism and Electricity.- Electric Currents and Electromagnetism
- Heat and Thermodynamics
- Kinetic Theory of Ideal Gases.- Physics of the 20th Century
- Lessons from Three Centuries of Physics
- Organization of Teaching and Research.