Publication

1985 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

64,500 words, Guess

Page Count

258 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC530/.09
  • LCCQC122 .C6 1985
  • LCCQC122.C6 1985

Description

Relates man's search from the sixteenth century to the present for a physics to describe the dynamics of a universe in motion.

First Sentence

Odd as it may seem, most people's views about motion are part of a system of physics that was proposed more than 2000 years ago and was experimentally shown to be inadequate at least 1400 years ago.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The birth of a new physicsW.W. Norton1985-01-01
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