A Cultural History of Physics

A Cultural History of Physics
Author :
Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 644
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439865118
ISBN-13 : 1439865116
Rating : 4/5 (116 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Physics by : Karoly Simonyi

Download or read book A Cultural History of Physics written by Karoly Simonyi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture,


A Cultural History of Physics Related Books

A Cultural History of Physics
Language: en
Pages: 644
Authors: Karoly Simonyi
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-25 - Publisher: CRC Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on s
Physics And Culture
Language: en
Pages: 556
Authors: Brian Cotterell
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-29 - Publisher: World Scientific

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The role of physics in our culture is examined from the time of Newton to the present day. It has three parts: an introduction to physics and two parts covering
The One Culture?
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Jay A. Labinger
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

So far the "Science Wars" have generated far more heat than light. Combatants from one or the other of what C. P. Snow famously called "the two cultures" (scien
The Two Cultures
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: C. P. Snow
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.
Image and Logic
Language: en
Pages: 1002
Authors: Peter Galison
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-10 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. This study reveals how the increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced p