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Download your free excerpt from What's the Matter? including E=mc2 by Albert Einstein.
What's the Matter? draws readers into the ongoing inquiry about the natural world, providing an overview of how physics has developed through the centuries, in the words of the scientists who made the great discoveries.
It includes:
- Thirty-one selections from scientists including Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Feynman, and Hawking
- Introductory essays and a thematic guide
- Stimulating discussion questions for each selection
- Annotated bibliographies and suggestions for further reading
Table of Contents:
Richard Feynman The Uncertainty of Science
Aristotle The Science of Nature Moving Things
Galileo Falling Bodies and Projectiles
Isaac Newton
Forces
Laws of Motion
Time, Space, and Motion
Rules of Doing Philosophy
Isaac Newton and Thomas Young On Light
Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson) Heat and Friction
James Prescott Joule The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Arthur Eddington Entropy: The Running-Down of the Universe
Michael FaradayInduction of Electric CurrentsOn the Physical Lines of Magnetic Force
James Clerk MaxwellThe Science of ElectromagnetismElectricity and Electromotive ForceA Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
Max Planck Extending the Theories of Physics
Albert Einstein The Special Theory of RelativityThe General Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein E = mc2
George Gamow Quantum Uncertainty
Richard Feynman Quantum Behavior
Werner Heisenberg The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory
John Polkinghorne Quantum Perplexity and Debate
Steven Weinberg The Origin of the Universe
Steven Weinberg Beautiful Theories: Symmetry and Mathematics
Gordon Kane Why Physics Is the Easiest Science: Effective Theories
Alan Lightman Metaphor in Science
Stephen Hawking Black Holes and Predictable Worlds
Albert Einstein The Scientist's Responsibilities
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