02859cam a22004577i 4500 19875572 20231101121008.0 170809t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d 2017951924 GBB7K9216 bnb 018589131 Uk 9780199684120 paperback 019968412X paperback (OCoLC)on1000128173 YDX eng KMU rda KMU lccopycat QC 7 Hei Heilbron, J. L., author. The history of physics : a very short introduction / J.L. Heilbron. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. ©2018 xvi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Very short introductions Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index. "How does the physics we know today-- a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry-- link back to its origins as a liberal art in ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? John Heilbron's fascinating history of physics introduces us to Islamic astronomers and mathematicians, calculating the size of the earth whilst their caliphs conquered much of it; to medieval scholar-theologians investigating light; to Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, measuring, and trying to explain, the universe. We visit the 'House of Wisdom' in 9th-century Baghdad; Europe's first universities; the courts of the Renaissance; the Scientific Revolution and the academies of the 18th century; the increasingly specialized world of 20th and 21st century science. Highlighting the shifting relationship between physics, philosophy, mathematics, and technology-- and the implications for humankind's self-understanding-- Heilbron explores the changing place and purpose of physics in the cultures and societies that have nurtured it over the centuries"-- Publisher's description. Physics History. SCIENCE / History. bisacsh SCIENCE / Physics. bisacsh Physics. fast (OCoLC)fst01063025 Physik gnd History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Very short introductions ; 549. 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 691 691 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC CPL CPL OA 2023-11-01 Zambia Library Service 0 QC 7 Hei 300619 2023-11-01 00:00:00 2023-11-01 BK