Roger G. Newton
German-born American theoretical physicist and longtime Indiana University professor, noted for his work in scattering theory and for influential books including Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles and From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics.
Books
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1. The Truth Of Science
Physical Theories and Reality
An accessible exploration of what scientists mean by truth, this work examines how theories are built, tested, and revised through the interplay of experiment, modeling, and mathematical idealization, with vivid examples from physics. It explains the roles of approximation, probability, and measurement, contrasts realism with instrumentalism, and counters relativistic critiques, arguing that scientific knowledge is fallible yet progressively truth-tracking about the natural world.
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2. From Clockwork To Crapshoot
A History of Physics
A concise history of physics that follows the field from ancient natural philosophy through the deterministic worldview of classical mechanics to the probabilistic revolutions of quantum theory and relativity. It highlights pivotal experiments, mathematical breakthroughs, and the scientists behind them, explaining how thermodynamics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology transformed our picture of nature from predictable clockwork to inherent uncertainty, while reflecting on the evolving methods, limits, and open questions that continue to drive the discipline.
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3. Haa Atxaayi Haa Kusteeyix Sitee, Our Food Is Our Tlingit Way Of Life
Our Food Is Our Tlingit Way Of Life
An ethnographic account of how traditional foods shape Tlingit identity and social life in Southeast Alaska, documenting seasonal harvesting practices, ceremonial meanings, and local ecological knowledge while examining the impacts of colonialism, commercial resource use, and modern regulations on subsistence lifeways; through interviews and historical analysis it emphasizes community resilience, legal and political efforts to protect harvest rights, and the deep interdependence of food, culture, and continuity.