From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries

Hailed by the Journal of the History of Astronomy as "charming and witty," this chronicle by a renowned physicist traces the development of scientific thought from the works of the "founding fathers" — Galileo, Huygens, and Newton — to the more recent discoveries of Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs. 1984 edition.

• Author
• Emilio Segrè

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 298

• Publisher
• W.H. Freeman & Company

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780716714828

• Genres
• physics, history, science, biography

• Release date
• 1984