Physics as a Liberal ArtAn introduction to physics and such concepts as the scientific method, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, the Newtonian world, and the theory of relativity is presented in a format that views the science in relation to the development of Western civilization |
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Contents
How We Know Things | 1 |
Philosophy and Technology in Two Ancient Civilizations | 15 |
The Birth of Human Reason | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Physics as a Liberal Art |
| Author | James S. Trefil |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 1978 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Jan 19, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0080198635, 9780080198637 |
| Length | 466 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General |
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