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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67840260 Title: From clockwork to crapshoot : a history of physics Author: Roger G Newton Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 0674023374 9780674023376 OCLC:67840260

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From clockwork to crapshoot : a history of physics

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From clockwork to crapshoot : a history of physics

Author:	Roger G Newton
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"SCIENCE is about 6,000 years old, while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2,500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during this great span of time, the manner in which they explained the underlying structure of that world underwent a philosophical evolution. From Clockwork to Crapshoot provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics Read more...
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Roger G Newton Find more information about:
ISBN:	0674023374 9780674023376
OCLC Number:	67840260
Description:	viii, 340 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents:	Prologue -- Beginnings -- The Greek miracle -- Science in the Middle Ages -- The first revolution -- Newton's legacy -- New physics -- Relativity -- Statistical physics -- Probability -- The quantum revolution -- Fields, nuclei, and stars -- The properties of matter -- The constituents of the universe -- Epilogue.
Responsibility:	Roger G. Newton.

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"SCIENCE is about 6,000 years old, while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2,500 years ago. As scientists discovered virtually countless facts about the world during this great span of time, the manner in which they explained the underlying structure of that world underwent a philosophical evolution. From Clockwork to Crapshoot provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics in relation to philosophical traditions as far back as ancient Greece."--BOOK JACKET.

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