The Many Voices of Modern Physics: Written Communication Practices of Key Discoveries

by Alan G. Gross and Joseph E. Harmon

The Many Voices of Modern Physics follows a revolution that began in 1905 when Albert Einstein published papers on special relativity and quantum theory. Unlike Newtonian physics, this new physics often departs wildly from common sense, a radical divorce that presents a unique communicative challenge to physicists when writing for other physicists or for the general public, and to journalists and popular science writers as well. In their two...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947587
• ISBN13: 9780822947585
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"