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A concise survey of the field of physics, Grissom's book offers students and professionals alike a unique perspective on what physicists do, how physics is done, and how physicists view the world.

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An excellent book for any student who is interested in learning about what physics really is without needing any math more advanced than high school algebra... A clear and succinct account of what physics fundamentally explains about the universe. Choice

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader
1. The Ancient Quarrel
2. Motion
3. To Be or Not to Be
4. Atoms and the Void
5. Motion Constrained
6. How versus Why
7. Enter Newton
8. The Laws of Motion
9. Action at a Distance
10. Matter and Light
11. Heat and the Arrow of Time
12. Who's Really Moving and What's the Correct Time?
13. Curved Space and the New Gravity
14. What You See Is What You Get
15. A Footnote on Quantum Gravity
16. Equations That Go Berserk
17. The Physicist's World
Suggested Readings
Index

The Physicists World

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 30 August 2011
      ISBN-13 9781421400846
      978-1421400846
      ISBN-10 1421400847
      Also in:
      Astronomy, space and time History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A concise survey of the field of physics, Grissom's book offers students and professionals alike a unique perspective on what physicists do, how physics is done, and how physicists view the world.

      Trade Review
      An excellent book for any student who is interested in learning about what physics really is without needing any math more advanced than high school algebra... A clear and succinct account of what physics fundamentally explains about the universe. Choice

      Table of Contents

      A Note to the Reader
      1. The Ancient Quarrel
      2. Motion
      3. To Be or Not to Be
      4. Atoms and the Void
      5. Motion Constrained
      6. How versus Why
      7. Enter Newton
      8. The Laws of Motion
      9. Action at a Distance
      10. Matter and Light
      11. Heat and the Arrow of Time
      12. Who's Really Moving and What's the Correct Time?
      13. Curved Space and the New Gravity
      14. What You See Is What You Get
      15. A Footnote on Quantum Gravity
      16. Equations That Go Berserk
      17. The Physicist's World
      Suggested Readings
      Index

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