Physics for poets
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Physics for poets
McGraw-Hill, c2003
5th ed
- pbk. : acid-free paper
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Tokyo
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  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
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  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Science and Technology Library, Kyushu University
pbk. : acid-free paper420//MAR027212003000944
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the non-science major. A text written for the curious, non-scientist who wants to know how modern physics came to be, and figure out what lies behind the stories in the science columns of their newspapers.
Table of Contents
1 A Vast and Most Excellent Science2 Toward a Science of Mechanics3 The Denouement: Newton's Laws4 The Moon and the Apple5 The Romance of Energy6 One Last Part for the Machine7 Waves8 Does the Earth Really Move?9 The Birth of Relativity10 The Wedding of Space and Time11 E=mc2 and All That12 Did God Have Any Choice?13 The Atom Returns14 Rutherford Probes the Atom15 The Atom and the Quantum16 Particles and Waves17 Does God Play Dice?18 Schrodinger's Cat19 The Dreams Stuff Is Made Of20 The Whole Shebang
by "Nielsen BookData"