From Clockwork To Crapshoot by Roger G. Newton
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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- 2007
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