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Tells how the concept of force has become a most useful tool for understanding the nature of the universe.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1. Force in the Ancient and Classical World 2. Medieval Ideas of Force 3. The New Physics 4. Newton: From the Heavens to the Earth 5. Forces and Fields 6. Thermodynamics 7. Fields as Everything 8. The Relativity of Motion 9. Quantum Mechanics Appendix: Some Mathematical Ideas Timeline Bibliography

About the Author

Steven N. Shore is professor of Astrophysics at the University of Pisa. He was until recently a professor of Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Indiana - South Bend. His books include The Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics and Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and he is an associate editor for the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Reviews

The book includes several illustrations, end-of-chapter notes, a good bibliography, a helpful index, a chronology of concept of force, and a brief appendix that provides the relevant mathematics… Highly recommended. All readers/libraries.
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