From falling bodies to radio waves
Subtitle: Classical physicists and their discoveries
By: Emilio Segrè.
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Physics -- History.; Physicists -- Biography.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 284-288.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: label: A whimsical prelude
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: The Founding fathers: Galileo and Huygens
pagenum: 15; label: Chapter 2
title: The Magic Mountain: Newton
pagenum: 45; label: Chapter 3
title: What is Light?
pagenum: 79; label: Chapter 4
title: Electricity: From Thunder to Motors and Waves
pagenum: 105; label: Chapter 5
title: Heat: Substance Vibration and Motion
pagenum: 186; label: Chapter 6
title: Kinetic Theory: The Beginning of the Unraveling of the Structure of Matter
pagenum: 233 |; label: Conclusions
pagenum: 252