Great Experiments in Physics

Great Experiments in PhysicsFrom Galileo's famous experiments in accelerated motion to Einstein's revolutionary theory of relativity, the experiments recorded here trace the evolution of modern physics from its beginnings to the mid twentieth century. Brought together for the first time in one volume are important source readings on 25 epochal discoveries that changed man's understanding of the physical world. The accounts, written by the physicists who made them, include: Isaac

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full solutions are given at the end of the book

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winning a Nobel prize in 1933 for his pioneering work in the quantum mechanics of the atom

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As research and study continues not only in this new discipline but in the related areas of statistics

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as in the author's earlier books