Quips, Quotes and Quanta: An Anecdotal History of Physics (2nd Edition)

Quips, Quotes and Quanta: An Anecdotal History of Physics (2nd Edition)

by Anton Z . Capri (Author)

Synopsis

When a ship's surgeon during a routine episode of bloodletting noticed that the sailors' blood was brighter in the tropics than in the north, he hypothesized that heat was a form of energy. This title contains anecdotes on physicists creating new ideas. Thematic and biographical in nature, it also includes many personal incidents.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 252
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 31 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 9814343471
ISBN 13: 9789814343473