Cropper William H. (Professor Of Chemistry Professor Of Chemistry St. Lawrence University (Emeritus))
Cropper William H. (Professor Of Chemistry Professor Of Chemistry St. Lawrence University (Emeritus)) - Great Physicists The Life And Times Of Leading Physicists From Galileo To Hawking - Paperback
Cropper William H. (Professor Of Chemistry Professor Of Chemistry St. Lawrence University (Emeritus)) - Great Physicists The Life And Times Of Leading Physicists From Galileo To Hawking - Paperback
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Description: Here is a lively history of modern physics as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford and Albert Einstein right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman Murray Gell - Mann and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists all geniuses who could be gregarious aloof unpretentious friendly dogged imperious generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. Cropper also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery their bitter feuds their relations with family and friends their religious beliefs and education. In addition since scientists in a particular field often inspire those who follow Cropper has grouped these biographies by discipline mechanics thermodynamics particle physics and so on each section beginning with a historical overview. Marie Curie and Ernes Our understanding of the physical world has increased dramatically in the last four centuries starting with Galileo and his telescope and stretching to Stephen Hawking's work on black holes and cosmology. With Great Physicists readers can retrace the footsteps of the men and women who led the way. t Rutherford and Albert
Title: Great Physicists The Life And Times Of Leading Physicists From Galileo To Hawking
Author(s): Cropper William H. (Professor Of Chemistry Professor Of Chemistry St. Lawrence University (Emeritus))
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780195173246
Pages: 512 Pages, Numerous Halftones And Line Drawings
Publication Date: 9/16/2004
Category: Popular Science
Description: Here is a lively history of modern physics as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford and Albert Einstein right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman Murray Gell - Mann and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists all geniuses who could be gregarious aloof unpretentious friendly dogged imperious generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. Cropper also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery their bitter feuds their relations with family and friends their religious beliefs and education. In addition since scientists in a particular field often inspire those who follow Cropper has grouped these biographies by discipline mechanics thermodynamics particle physics and so on each section beginning with a historical overview. Marie Curie and Ernes Our understanding of the physical world has increased dramatically in the last four centuries starting with Galileo and his telescope and stretching to Stephen Hawking's work on black holes and cosmology. With Great Physicists readers can retrace the footsteps of the men and women who led the way. t Rutherford and Albert
Title: Great Physicists The Life And Times Of Leading Physicists From Galileo To Hawking
Author(s): Cropper William H. (Professor Of Chemistry Professor Of Chemistry St. Lawrence University (Emeritus))
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780195173246
Pages: 512 Pages, Numerous Halftones And Line Drawings
Publication Date: 9/16/2004
Category: Popular Science
