Half-Hours with Great Scientists : : The Story of Physics / / Charles G. Fraser.
The present age is sometimes called the Scientific Age. This does not imply that every member of the community is an expert scientist—far from it. It does mean, however, that the labours of the scientists have given the age certain features which influence the life of every citizen to some degree. A...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- List of Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- THE STORY OF MECHANICS
- I. Weapons and Implements
- II. The Classical Period
- III. The Mediaeval and Early Modern Period
- IV. The School of Galileo
- V. The School of Newton
- THE STORY OF ACOUSTICS
- VI. The Acoustics of the Ancients
- VII. Acoustics in the Western Cycle of Culture
- VIII.The Nineteenth Century and After
- THE STORY OF OPTICS
- IX. Through Ancient Eyes
- X. Optics in the Classical Cycle
- XI. "Westward Ho"
- XII. The School of Newton and Huygens
- XIII. The School of Young and Fresnel
- THE STORY OF THERMICS
- XIV. Fingers Before Thermometers
- XV. The Invention of the Thermometer
- XVI. The Fruits of the Thermometer
- THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
- XVII. Amber and the Magnet
- XVIII. Poles and Charges
- XIX. Conduction
- XX. Influence or Induction Charges
- XXI. Electric Current
- XXII. Induced Currents
- XXIII. Electro-Magnetic Waves and Cathode Rays
- XXIV. The Electron Theory
- Appendix
- Index