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Author Rosen, Joe, 1937-

Title Encyclopedia of physics / Joe Rosen.

Imprint New York : Facts on File, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  530.03 R722e 2004    ---  Available
Description xii, 386 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series Facts on File science library
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index.
Contents Entries A-Z. -- Feature essays: "Beauty : Only in the eye of the beholder?" ; "Fundamentality : What lies beneath?" ; "Physics in the hierarchical structure of science" ; "Laws : There is order in the world" ; "Physics and mathematics : A remarkable partnership" ; "Physics and metaphysics : Where lies the border between them?" ; "Grist for the mill : What physics studies" ; "Achieving understanding : How physics operates" ; "Theories : Not mere speculations!" ; "Unification : Finding oneness in diversity" ; "The universe" -- Appendix I. Bibliography and web resources. -- Appendix II. Nobel laureates in Physics. -- Appendix III. Periodic table of elements.
Subject Physics -- Encyclopedias.
ISBN 0816049742 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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