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Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World. Paperback – Illustrated, 24 Nov. 1988. by Abraham Pais (Author) 4.6 46 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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Feb 5, 2020 · The postwar years : a memoir: Of quantum eletrodynamics' triumphs and limitations and of a new particle's sobering impact ; In which particle physics enters the era of big machines and big detectors and pion physics goes through ups and downs ; Onset of an era : new forms of matter appear, old symmetries crumble ; Essay on modern times : 1960 ...
Sep 29, 1988 · In his groundbreaking new book, Pais chronicles the history of the physics of matter and physical forces since the discovery of x-rays. He relates not only what has happened over the last one-hundred years, but also why it happened the way it did, the experiences of the scientists involved, and how a series of seemingly bizarre or unrelated ...
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- Abraham Pais, Roger H. Stuewer
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- OUP Oxford
'In this groundbreaking new volume, Pais undertakes a history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of X-rays ... this magisterial survey richly conveys what has been discovered about the constituents of matter, the laws to which they are subject and the forces that act on them' europe & astronomy, 1992
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Apr 24, 1986 · In this groundbreaking new volume, Pais undertakes a history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays. The book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years but why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists.
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- Abraham Pais
Jan 1, 1986 · Pais writes a gripping tale of scientific discovery beginning from the last decades of the 19th century with the discovery of the X-rays and radioactivity and continues the tale of the study of the forces of nature culminating in modern high-energy, big-budget physics.
May 22, 2014 · Inward bound : of matter and forces in the physical world. by. Pais, Abraham, 1918-. Publication date. 1986. Topics. Physics. Publisher. Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press.
