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040			_cDLC
082	0	0	_a530.1 _219 _bL8499
100	1		_aLongair, Malcolm S.,
245	1	0	_aTheoretical concepts in physics : _ban alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics for final-year undergraduates / _c M.S. Longair.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aCambridge : _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1984.
300			_axiii, 366 p. _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
650		0	_aMathematical physics.
942			_cBK
505	0		_a1. 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