Theoretical concepts in physics :
Longair, Malcolm S.,
Theoretical concepts in physics : an alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics for final-year undergraduates / M.S. Longair. - 1st ed. - Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. - xiii, 366 p. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Introduction
2. Case study 1. The origins of newton's law of gravitation
3. Case study 2. Maxwell's equations
4. How to rewrite the history of electromagnetism
5. Case study 3. Mechanics and dynamics
6. Case study 4. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
7. Case study 5. The origins of the concept of quanta
8. Case study 6. Special relativity
9. Case study 7. General relativity and cosmology
0521255503 0521275539 (pbk.)
Mathematical physics.
530.1 / L8499
Theoretical concepts in physics : an alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics for final-year undergraduates / M.S. Longair. - 1st ed. - Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. - xiii, 366 p. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Introduction
2. Case study 1. The origins of newton's law of gravitation
3. Case study 2. Maxwell's equations
4. How to rewrite the history of electromagnetism
5. Case study 3. Mechanics and dynamics
6. Case study 4. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
7. Case study 5. The origins of the concept of quanta
8. Case study 6. Special relativity
9. Case study 7. General relativity and cosmology
0521255503 0521275539 (pbk.)
Mathematical physics.
530.1 / L8499
