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Overview
The Growth of Physical Science is a detailed but very accessible survey of what began as natural philosophy and culminated in the mid-twentieth century as quantum physical science. From the earliest physical investigations of nature made by the various civilisations of Babylonia, Phoenicia and Egypt (a period covering 5000-600 BC), through the remarkable mathematical and philosophical achievements of the ancient Greeks, to the ages of Newton and then Einstein, Rutherford and Bohr, Jeans has written a comprehensive history of this tremendous advancement in our understanding of the universe, one that will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in this subject.
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- ISBN-13: 9781108005654
- ISBN-10: 1108005659
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: July 2009
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.91 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.14 pounds
- Page Count: 408
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