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From Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them Clifford Pickover
From Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
Clifford Pickover
This marvelous volume takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe.
528 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 24, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195336115 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 528 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 244 × 35 mm · 954 g |
| Language | English |