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When physics became king [electronic resource] / Iwan Rhys Morus.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226542003 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226542009 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: When physics became king.DDC classification:
  • 530/.094 22
LOC classification:
  • QC9.E89 M67 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Queen of the sciences -- 2. A revolutionary science -- 3. The romance of nature -- 4. The science of showmanship -- 5. The science of work -- 6. Mysterious fluids and forces -- 7. Mapping the heavens -- 8. Places of precision -- 9. Imperial physics -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.
Summary: A cultural history of the development of physics in the 19th century.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 Link to resource Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Queen of the sciences -- 2. A revolutionary science -- 3. The romance of nature -- 4. The science of showmanship -- 5. The science of work -- 6. Mysterious fluids and forces -- 7. Mapping the heavens -- 8. Places of precision -- 9. Imperial physics -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.

A cultural history of the development of physics in the 19th century.

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