| Title |
A history of classical physics : from antiquity to the quantum / J.D. Bernal. |
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| Publication Info. |
New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. |
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| Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department
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530 BER |
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| Description |
317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as The extension of man."--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
What is physics? -- Separation of the sciences -- Nature of physics -- Human sight -- Muscular sense -- Force -- Hearing -- Touch -- Sensation of temperature -- Social aspects of physics -- Four elements -- Observation of the heavens -- Measurement -- Experiments -- Building of theories -- Modern physics -- Ancient science: Origin of human society -- Weapons -- Fire -- Agricultural revolution -- Balance -- Wheel -- Water mills -- Pneumatics -- Origins of classical science: Calendar -- Greeks -- Eclipses -- Calculation -- Greek science -- Philosophers -- Pythagoras -- Elements -- Greek physics: Atoms -- Tyrants -- Academy -- Aristotle -- Museum -- Archimedes -- Round earth -- Legacy of the classical world -- Medieval physics: Spread of Hellenism -- Islamic science -- Chemistry -- Optics -- Medieval technique -- New horse harness -- Magnetism -- Heliocentric physics: Change in Europe -- Agricultural revolution -- Revolution in astronomy -- Navigation -- Copernican revolution -- Johann Kepler -- Galileo Galilei -- Foundation of dynamics -- Laws of falling bodies -- Galileo and the Inquisition -- Birth of dynamics: Isaac Newton -- Scientific societies -- Calculus -- Inertia -- Dynamics of the solar system -- Principia -- Nature of light and colour: Phenomena of the prism - Velocity of light -- Christian Huygens -- Newton's rings -- Diffraction --Newton's philosophy -- Development of the steam engine and the theory of heat: Vacuum pump -- Spring of the air -- Denis Papin -- Captain Savery -- Thomas Newcomen -- Latent heat; Joseph Black -- James Watt; the separate condenser -- Matthew Boulton -- Locomotive -- Electricity and magnetism: Robert Norman -- William Gilbert -- Electricity and the vacuum -- Stephen Gray -- Leyden jar -- Benjamin Franklin -- Lightning conductor -- Coulomb and the law of attraction -- Galvani; animal electricity -- Volta; the electric battery -- Royal institution -- Lag in electrical development -- Conclusion: Inter-relationships of natural forces -- Conservation of energy -- Roots of modern physics. |
| Subject |
Physics.
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Physics -- History.
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| ISBN |
0760706018 |
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