A Cultural History of Physics
Author | : Karoly Simonyi |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 2012-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781439865118 |
ISBN-13 | : 1439865116 |
Rating | : 4/5 (116 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Cultural History of Physics written by Karoly Simonyi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture,