Die großen Physiker und ihre Entdeckungen: Von den fallenden körpern zu den Quarks

by Emilio Segrè

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.

Genres: Physics, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Science, History Of Science, Popular Science

826 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Emilio Gino Segrè physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1959) along with Owen Chamberlain for thier discovery of the antiproton.

Reviews

[Darko Doko · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not like this book. Much much better book about same subject is one from George Gamow "Great physicist from Galileo to Einstein". I only bought it because of Gino Segre (authors nephew himself author of excellent books, I really liked rading) recommendation.
The book is more about biographies of physicist and lists of their work with particularly annoying quotation of their letters, papers etc than about how physics evolved through history

[J C · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute, but rambles. I didn't really get much out of it...

[Ron Dorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engaging history of physics from Galileo to Boltzman. Segre does a nice job of combining biography with classical physics concepts that form the basis for our current understanding of our (macro) universe. Nice prequel to his book "From x-rays to Quarks" that surveys 20th century physics encompassing quantum theory and relativity. Highly recommended for those interested in the history of science and discovery.

[Lulu]

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