With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists,
concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned
institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the
history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to the
present. For students, teachers, historians, scientists, and
readers of popular science books such as Galileo's Daughter, this
guide deciphers the methods and philosophies of physics and
astronomy as well as the historical periods from which they
emerged. Meant to serve the lay reader and the professional alike,
this book can be turned to for the answer to how scientists learned
to measure the speed of light, or consulted for neat, careful
summaries of topics as complicated as quantum field theory and as
vast as the universe.
The entries, each written by a noted scholar and edited by J. L.
Heilbron, Professor of History and Vice Chancellor, Emeritus,
University of California, Berkeley, reflect the most up-to-date
research and discuss the applications of the scientific disciplines
to the wider world of religion, law, war, art and literature. No
other source on these two branches of science is as informative or
as inviting. Thoroughly cross-referenced and accented by dozens of
black and white illustrations, the Oxford Guide to Physics and
Astronomy is the source to turn to for anyone looking for a quick
explanation of alchemy, x-rays and any type of matter or energy in
between.
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