Seeing Physics
Author | : Don Stephen Lemons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 0233005382 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780233005386 |
Rating | : 4/5 (386 Downloads) |
Download or read book Seeing Physics written by Don Stephen Lemons and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing Physicsuses drawings to help explain 51 key ideas of physics in an accessible and engaging way. Arranged chronologically, it begins with Thales' discovery of triangulation, taking in Kepler's laws of planetary motion and Newton's cradle before explaining the hydrogen atom, general relativity, Higgs Boson and other important discoveries of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each discovery is placed in its historical context, revealing the controversies that once threatened the advance of modern science.