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100 1  Cropper, William H. 
245 10 Great physicists :|bthe life and times of leading 
       physicists from Galileo to Hawking /|cWilliam H. Cropper. 
264  1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c2001. 
300    xii, 500 pages :|billustrations ;|c26 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tMechanics. Historical synopsis.  How the heavens go /
       |rGalileo Galilei --|gA|tman obsessed /|rIsaac Newton.  
       Thermodynamics. Historical synopsis.  A tale of two 
       revolutions /|rSadi Carnot --|tOn the dark side /|rRobert 
       Mayer --|gA|tholy undertaking /|rJames Joule --|tUnities 
       and a unifier /|rHermann Helmholtz --|gThe|tscientist as 
       virtuoso /|rWilliam Thomson --|gThe|troad to entropy /
       |rRudolf Clausius --|gThe|tgreatest simplicity /|rWillard 
       Gibbs --|gThe|tlast law /|rWalther Nernst.  
       Electromagnetism.  Historical synopsis.  A force of nature
       /|rMichael Faraday --|gThe|tscientist as magician /|rJames
       Clerk Maxwell. Statistical mechanics.  Historical 
       synopsis.  Molecules and entropy /|rLudwig Boltzmann.  
       Relativity.  Historical synopsis. Adventure in thought /
       |rAlbert Einstein.  Quantum mechanics.  Historical 
       synopsis.  Reluctant revolutionary /|rMax Planck --
       |tScience by conversation /|rNiels Bohr --|gThe|tscientist
       as critic /|rWolfgang Pauli --|tMatrix mechanics /|rWerner
       Heisenberg --|tWave mechanics /|rErwin Schrödinger,|rLouis
       de Broglie.  Nuclear physics.  Historical synopsis.  
       Opening doors /|rMarie Curie --|tOn the crest of a wave /
       |rErnest Rutherford --|tPhysics and friendships /|rLise 
       Meitner --|tComplete physicist /|rEnrico Fermi.  Particle 
       physics. Historical synopsis.  i? · [delta] [psi] = m 
       [psi] /|rPaul Dirac --|tWhat do you care? /|rRichard 
       Feynman --|tTelling the tale of the quarks /|rMurray Gell-
       Mann.  Astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology.  Historical
       synopsis.  Beyond the galaxy /|rEdwin Hubble --|tIdeal 
       scholar /|rSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar --|tAffliction, fame,
       and fortune /|rStephen Hawking. 
650  0 Physicists|vBiography. 
994    01|bSTJ