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Black bodies and quantum cats : tales from the annals of physics
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Black bodies and quantum cats : tales from the annals of physics

Author: Jennifer Ouellette
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2005.
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author traces key developments in the field of physics, setting descriptions of the fundamentals in their historical context as well as against a broad cultural backdrop.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jennifer Ouellette
ISBN: 0143036033 9780143036036
OCLC Number: 58478652
Description: xv, 320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Foreword --
Preface --
Renaissance man --
Talkin' 'bout a revolution --
Lens crafters --
Good heavens --
Gravity's guru --
Drawing down the fire --
Trompe I'Oeil --
Rules of attraction --
Ingenious engines --
Emperors of the air --
Disorderly conduct --
Queens of science --
Calling mister watson --
Thrill seekers --
Current affairs --
Shadow casters --
Radio days --
Mysterious rays --
A thousand points of light --
Quantum leap --
It's all relative --
Rocket man --
That darn cat --
Copy that --
Life during wartime --
Gimme shelter --
Tiny bubbles --
Mimicking mother nature --
Energize me --
Small world --
Contemplating chaos --
Kamikaze cosmos --
When particles collide --
Checkmate --
Much ado about nothing --
The case of the missing neutrinos --
Icarus descending --
String section --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Index.
Responsibility: Jennifer Ouellette ; foreword by Alan Chodos.
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