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Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists themselves.

The Top Ten are:

1.Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
2.Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
3.Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
4.Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
5.James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
6.Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
7.Marie Curie (1867-1934)
8.Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
9.Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
10.Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

Each of these figures has made a huge contribution to physics. Some are household names, others more of a mystery, but in each case there is an opportunity to combine a better understanding of the way that each of them has advanced our knowledge of the universe with an exploration of their often unusual, always interesti

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This is a lovely book, easy to read, and sure to provoke debate * John Gribbin, author of In Search of the Multiverse *

Ten Physicists who Transformed our Understanding

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 5 November 2015
      ISBN-13 9781472120373
      978-1472120373
      ISBN-10 147212037X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists themselves.

      The Top Ten are:

      1.Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
      2.Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
      3.Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
      4.Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
      5.James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
      6.Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
      7.Marie Curie (1867-1934)
      8.Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
      9.Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
      10.Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

      Each of these figures has made a huge contribution to physics. Some are household names, others more of a mystery, but in each case there is an opportunity to combine a better understanding of the way that each of them has advanced our knowledge of the universe with an exploration of their often unusual, always interesti

      Trade Review
      This is a lovely book, easy to read, and sure to provoke debate * John Gribbin, author of In Search of the Multiverse *

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