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Forces in physics : a historical perspective
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Forces in physics : a historical perspective

Author: Steven N Shore
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c 2008.
Series: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Steven N Shore
ISBN: 9780313333033 0313333033
OCLC Number: 226308150
Description: xvi, 233 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Force in the ancient and classical world -- Medieval ideas of force -- The new physics -- From the heavens to the Earth -- Forces and fields -- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics -- Fields as everything -- The relativity of motion -- Quantum mechanics -- Some mathematical ideas -- Timeline.
Series Title: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Responsibility: Steven N. Shore.

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