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When Physics Became King (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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When Physics Became King (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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As recently as two hundred years ago, physics as we know it today
did not exist. Born in the early nineteenth century during the
second scientific revolution, physics struggled at first to achieve
legitimacy in the scientific community and culture at large. In
fact, the term "physicist" did not appear in English until the
1830s.
"When Physics Became King" traces the emergence of this
revolutionary science, demonstrating how a discipline that barely
existed in 1800 came to be regarded a century later as the ultimate
key to unlocking nature's secrets. A cultural history designed to
provide a big-picture view, the book ably ties advances in the
field to the efforts of physicists who worked to win social
acceptance for their research.
Beginning his tale with the rise of physics from natural
philosophy, Iwan Morus chronicles the emergence of mathematical
physics in France and its later export to England and Germany. He
then elucidates the links between physics and industrialism, the
technology of statistical mechanics, and the establishment of
astronomical laboratories and precision measurement tools. His tale
ends on the eve of the First World War, when physics had firmly
established itself in both science and society.
Scholars of both history and physics will enjoy this fascinating
and studied look at the emergence of a major scientific discipline.
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