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Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking Book

Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford and Albert Einstein, right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists, all geniuses, who could be gregarious, aloof, unpretentious, friendly, dogged, imperious, generous to colleagues, or contentious rivals. Cropper also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs and education. In addition, since scientists in a particular field often inspire those who follow,Read More

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    Presents a history of modern physics as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery their bitter feuds their relations with family and friends their religious beliefs and education.

  • Blackwell

    Here is a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest...

  • 0195173244
  • 9780195173246
  • William H. Cropper
  • 12 August 2004
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 512
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