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.