Quips, quotes and quanta: an anecdotal history of physics (2nd edition)
Auteur :
Capri, Anton Z
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789814343473
Date de publication :
2 juin 2011
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
When a ship's surgeon during a routine episode of bloodletting noticed that the sailors' blood was brighter in the tropics than in the north, he hypothesized that heat was a form of energy. This title contains anecdotes on physicists creating new ideas. Thematic and biographical in nature, it also includes many personal incidents.