{"product_id":"remarkable-physicists-from-galileo-to-yukawa-paperback-9780521017060","title":"Remarkable Physicists; From Galileo to Yukawa (Paperback) 9780521017060","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRemarkable Physicists\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Galileo to Yukawa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortrayals of 55 physicists, which collectively convey how the subject developed into its modern form.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIoan James (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521017060, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 12 January 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e406 pages, 55 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It makes the lives of some important physicists accessible and convenient. You can dip into it and find something of interest about their lives … a welcome addition to the growing range of popular-science culture.' The Mathematical Gazette\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 250 years from the second half of the 17th century saw the birth of modern physics and its growth into one of the most successful of the sciences. The reader will find here the lives of 55 of the most remarkable physicists from that era described in brief biographies. All the characters profiled have made important contributions to physics, either through their ideas, through their teaching or in other ways. The emphasis is on their varied life-stories, not on the details of their achievements, but when read in sequence the biographies, which are organised chronologically, convey in human terms something of the way in which physics was created. Scientific and mathematical detail is kept to a minimum, so the reader who is interested in physics, but perhaps lacks the background to follow technical accounts, will find this collection an inviting and easy path through the subject's modern development.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Galileo to Daniel Bernoulli\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Franklin to Laplace\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Rumford to Oersted\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Somerville to Henry\u003cbr\u003e 5. From Helmholtz to Rayleigh\u003cbr\u003e 6. From Boltzmann to Volterra\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Bragg to Langevin\u003cbr\u003e 8. From Meitner to Born\u003cbr\u003e 9. From Bohr to Simon\u003cbr\u003e 10. From Bose to Heisenberg\u003cbr\u003e 11. From Dirac to Yukawa\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004944765208,"sku":"9780521017060","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521017060i_cd54ac45-1b4a-4e11-981d-8715a75a6abc.jpg?v=1691376706","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/remarkable-physicists-from-galileo-to-yukawa-paperback-9780521017060","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}