| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Shadow and light; the Greek world and the beginning of science -- New vision; Copernican revolution -- Heaven and earth; Galileo, Newton, and birth of modern science -- Flashes of insight; electricity, magnetism, and light -- Relativity, space, and time; Einstein's revolution -- Quantum theory and modern physics; things get even weirder -- Tying up loose ends; string theory to the rescue? -- What does it all mean?; science, God, and the limits of understanding. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.5 12.0 84533. |
| Subject |
Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics)
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Physics -- History.
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| ISBN |
1559707070 alkaline paper |
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