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From Archimedes to Hawking - Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them (Hardcover, New)
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From Archimedes to Hawking - Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them (Hardcover, New)
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Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the
centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws-from
Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic
Expansion-whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday
lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this
fascinating book, Clifford Pickover invites us to share in the
amazing adventures of brilliant, quirky, and passionate people
after whom these laws are named. These lawgivers turn out to be a
fascinating, diverse, and sometimes eccentric group of people. Many
were extremely versatile polymaths-human dynamos with a seemingly
infinite supply of curiosity and energy and who worked in many
different areas in science. Others had non-conventional educations
and displayed their unusual talents from an early age. Some
experienced resistance to their ideas, causing significant personal
anguish. Pickover examines more than 40 great laws, providing brief
and cogent introductions to the science behind the laws as well as
engaging biographies of such scientists as Newton, Faraday, Ohm,
Curie, and Planck. Throughout, he includes fascinating,
little-known tidbits relating to the law or lawgiver, and he
provides cross-references to other laws or equations mentioned in
the book. For several entries, he includes simple numerical
examples and solved problems so that readers can have a hands-on
understanding of the application of the law. A sweeping survey of
scientific discovery as well as an intriguing portrait gallery of
some of the greatest minds in history, this superb volume will
engage everyone interested in science and the physical world or in
the dazzling creativity of these brilliant thinkers.
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