History of Physics

by Melba Phillips

Book Overview

"Blurb & Contents" Readings from Physics Today With over 300 photographs and illustrations, this volume is a valuable library reference, a useful supplementary text for a wide range of courses, and stimulating leisure reading for physicists and non- physicists alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883184680
• ISBN13: 9780883184684
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Bravo!

Rather than a collection of historically important papers, this is a collection of papers ABOUT the history of physics (spread over the history of Physics Today). I was confused at first, but I'm not disappointed in the book. This book has a large-format with plenty of room for photographs, charts and even newspaper clippings. It's approx 8" x 11" with 373 densely packed pages of three-color ink printing. The third ink is a septia tone added to all the photographs and article titles and charts for distinction. There are so many individual articles organized by chapters, it's impossible to list them all. All the articles are reprints from Physics Today (they seem to be exact photocopies of the pages because sometimes you can see the bleed-through in the photographs and the bleed through isn't from this book, but from the original magazine). Needless to say with such a pedigree, the articles don't pull punches and will serve any serious student well. It includes a section called "Personal Accounts" with, well, personal accounts by Einstein on Einstein, Samuel Goudsmit and George Uhlenbeck.