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Forces in physics : a historical perspective /

Shore, Steven N.

Forces in physics : a historical perspective / Steven N. Shore. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c 2008. - xvi, 233 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Greenwood guides to great ideas in science, 1559-5374 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.

Force in the ancient and classical world -- Medieval ideas of force -- The new physics -- Newton -- Forces and fields -- Thermodynamics -- Fields as everything -- The relativity of motion -- Quantum mechanics -- Some mathematical ideas -- Timeline.

9780313333033 (alk. paper)

2008018308


Force and energy--History.
Physics--History.

QC72 / .S46 2008

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