Half-Hours with Great Scientists
eBook - PDF

Half-Hours with Great Scientists

The Story of Physics

  1. 548 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Half-Hours with Great Scientists

The Story of Physics

About this book

This book offers the reader a cordial invitation to embark on a tour of visits with great scientists to learn from them the parts they played in the advancement of science and of the human race.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. List of Acknowledgements
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. THE STORY OF MECHANICS
  6. I. Weapons and Implements
  7. II. The Classical Period
  8. III. The Mediaeval and Early Modern Period
  9. IV. The School of Galileo
  10. V. The School of Newton
  11. THE STORY OF ACOUSTICS
  12. VI. The Acoustics of the Ancients
  13. VII. Acoustics in the Western Cycle of Culture
  14. VIII.The Nineteenth Century and After
  15. THE STORY OF OPTICS
  16. IX. Through Ancient Eyes
  17. X. Optics in the Classical Cycle
  18. XI. "Westward Ho"
  19. XII. The School of Newton and Huygens
  20. XIII. The School of Young and Fresnel
  21. THE STORY OF THERMICS
  22. XIV. Fingers Before Thermometers
  23. XV. The Invention of the Thermometer
  24. XVI. The Fruits of the Thermometer
  25. THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  26. XVII. Amber and the Magnet
  27. XVIII. Poles and Charges
  28. XIX. Conduction
  29. XX. Influence or Induction Charges
  30. XXI. Electric Current
  31. XXII. Induced Currents
  32. XXIII. Electro-Magnetic Waves and Cathode Rays
  33. XXIV. The Electron Theory
  34. Appendix
  35. Index