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A cultural history of physics

by Karoly Simonyi, David Kramer

This illustrated volume traces the development of physics from antiquity to the present day, analysing scientific progress within its broader cultural and historical context to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities.

Accession 18204 ISBN 9781568813295 Publisher CRC Press
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