| Description |
xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Renaissance man -- Talkin' 'bout a revolution -- Lens crafters -- Good heavens -- Gravity's guru -- Drawing down the fire -- Trompe I'Oeil -- Rules of attraction -- Ingenious engines -- Emperors of the air -- Disorderly conduct -- Queens of science -- Calling mister watson -- Thrill seekers -- Current affairs -- Shadow casters -- Radio days -- Mysterious rays -- A thousand points of light -- Quantum leap -- It's all relative -- Rocket man -- That darn cat -- Copy that -- Life during wartime -- Gimme shelter -- Tiny bubbles -- Mimicking mother nature -- Energize me -- Small world -- Contemplating chaos -- Kamikaze cosmos -- When particles collide -- Checkmate -- Much ado about nothing -- The case of the missing neutrinos -- Icarus descending -- String section -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
Physics -- History.
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| ISBN |
0143036033 paperback |
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