Physics For the Rest of UsTen basic ideas of 20th-century physics that everyone should know... and how they have shaped our culture and consciousness. |
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Contents
Chapter1 | 7 |
The Principle of Relativity | 14 |
Space and Time | 20 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Physics For the Rest of Us |
| Author | Roger S. Jones |
| Edition | reprint, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1993 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | Dec 21, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0809237164, 9780809237166 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Physics / General |
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