Forces in physics
Subtitle: a historical perspective
By: Steven N. Shore.
Series: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313333033
Subjects: Force and energy -- History; Physics -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Force in the ancient and classical world; title: Medieval ideas of force; title: The new physics; title: Newton; title: Forces and fields; title: Thermodynamics; title: Fields as everything; title: The relativity of motion; title: Quantum mechanics; title: Some mathematical ideas; title: Timeline.