Theoretical concepts in physics : an alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics for final-year undergraduates / M.S. Longair.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 366 p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0521255503
- 0521275539 (pbk.)
- 530.1 19 L8499
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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
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