Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking

William H. Cropper

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. 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.

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書名 Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking
著作者等 Cropper, William H
シリーズ名 Oxford paperbacks
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 2004
ページ数 xii, 500 p
大きさ 26cm
ISBN 9780195173246
NCID BB1208517X
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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