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The Physicist´s World: The Story of Motion and the Limits to Knowledge
Thomas Grissom
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Description for The Physicist´s World: The Story of Motion and the Limits to Knowledge
Paperback. A concise survey of the field of physics, Grissom's book offers students and professionals alike a unique perspective on what physicists do, how physics is done, and how physicists view the world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
How do students learn about physics without picking up a 1,000-page textbook chock-full of complicated equations? The Physicist's World is the answer. Here, Thomas Grissom explains clearly and succinctly what physics really is: the science of understanding how everything in the universe moves. From the earliest efforts by Presocratic philosophers contemplating motion to the principal developments of physics through the end of the twentieth century, Grissom tells the unfolding story of our attempt to quantify the material world and to conceptualize the nature of physical laws. Through the centuries, questions about why things move proved to be ... Read more
How do students learn about physics without picking up a 1,000-page textbook chock-full of complicated equations? The Physicist's World is the answer. Here, Thomas Grissom explains clearly and succinctly what physics really is: the science of understanding how everything in the universe moves. From the earliest efforts by Presocratic philosophers contemplating motion to the principal developments of physics through the end of the twentieth century, Grissom tells the unfolding story of our attempt to quantify the material world and to conceptualize the nature of physical laws. Through the centuries, questions about why things move proved to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421400846
SKU
V9781421400846
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About Thomas Grissom
Thomas Grissom is an emeritus member of the faculty at The Evergreen State College. A writer and a physicist, he has published several collections of poetry and short stories, a novel, and more than forty-five technical papers and reports.
Reviews for The Physicist´s World: The Story of Motion and the Limits to Knowledge
An excellent book for any student who is interested in learning about what physics really is without needing any math more advanced than high school algebra... A clear and succinct account of what physics fundamentally explains about the universe. Choice