A Cultural History of Physics
While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was w...
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| description | While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture, "The Two Cultures." In A Cultural History of Physics, Hungarian scientist and educator Károly Simonyi succeeds in bridging this chasm by describing the experimental methods and theoretical interpretations that created scientific knowledge, from ancient times to the present day, within the cultural environment in which it was formed. Unlike any other work of its kind, Simonyi’s seminal opus explores the interplay of science and the humanities to convey the wonder and excitement of scientific development throughout the ages. These pages contain an abundance of excerpts from original resources, a wide array of clear and straightforward explanations, and an astonishing wealth of insight, revealing the historical progress of science and inviting readers into a dialogue with the great scientific minds that shaped our current understanding of physics. Beautifully illustrated, accurate in its scientific content and broad in its historical and cultural perspective, this book will be a valuable reference for scholars and an inspiration to aspiring scientists and humanists who believe that science is an integral part of our culture. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1514202025-07-21T15:44:34Z A Cultural History of Physics Simonyi, Károly popular science science illustrations history of ideas history of science thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBC Mathematical foundations thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBB Philosophy of mathematics thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBC Mathematical foundations thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBB Philosophy of mathematics thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture, "The Two Cultures." In A Cultural History of Physics, Hungarian scientist and educator Károly Simonyi succeeds in bridging this chasm by describing the experimental methods and theoretical interpretations that created scientific knowledge, from ancient times to the present day, within the cultural environment in which it was formed. Unlike any other work of its kind, Simonyi’s seminal opus explores the interplay of science and the humanities to convey the wonder and excitement of scientific development throughout the ages. These pages contain an abundance of excerpts from original resources, a wide array of clear and straightforward explanations, and an astonishing wealth of insight, revealing the historical progress of science and inviting readers into a dialogue with the great scientific minds that shaped our current understanding of physics. Beautifully illustrated, accurate in its scientific content and broad in its historical and cultural perspective, this book will be a valuable reference for scholars and an inspiration to aspiring scientists and humanists who believe that science is an integral part of our culture. 2025-02-16T15:34:35Z 2025-02-16T15:34:35Z 2025-02-10T13:23:48Z 2024 book ONIX_20250210_9781003849308_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98394 9781003849308 9781003849346 9781032697697 9781032690988 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/151420 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98394/1/9781003849308.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98394/1/9781003849308.pdf Taylor & Francis A K Peters/CRC Press 10.1201/9781032697697 10.1201/9781032697697 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781003849308 9781003849346 9781032697697 9781032690988 A K Peters/CRC Press 664 open access |
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