Twentieth Century Physics is a major historical study of the scientific and cultural development of physics in our century. Published jointly by the American In

1. Classical foundations -- 2. Special relativity -- 3. Quantum mechanics -- 4. Elementary particles -- 5. Cosmology.

At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the fu

Twentieth Century Physics, Second Edition is a major historical study of the scientific and cultural development of physics in the twentieth century. This uniqu

In this richly-illustrated 2004 book the author combines history with real science. Using an original approach he presents the major achievements of twentieth-c