Physically Speaking

A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7503-0470-2
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 761 g

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy provides the largest published collection of quotations pertaining to physics and astronomy. Some quotes are profound, others are wise, some are witty but none are frivolous. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from anti-matter to x-rays.

This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by students, scientific readers, and the more general reader who is interested in who has said what on physics and astronomy.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaither, C. C.

Cavazos-Gaither, Alma E

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ANTI-MATTER, ASTRONOMER, ASTRONOMY, ATOMS, BIG-BANG, BLACK HOLES, CALCULATION, CAUSE AND EFFECT, CHAOS, COMETS, CONSTELLATIONS, COSMOLOGIST, COSMOLOGY, COSMOS, CRYSTALS, DATA, DOPPLER, E = MC2, ECLIPSE, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, ELECTRONS, ENERGY, ERROR, ETHER, EXPERIMENT, FACT, FISSION, FORCE, FUSION, GALAXIES, GEOMETRY, GLUONS, GOD, GRAVITY, HEAT, HYPOTHESIS, INFINITE, KNOWLEDGE, LAWS, LIGHT, LOCATION, MAGNETIC, MATHEMATICS, MATTER, METEORS, MILKY WAY, MODELS, MONOPOLES, MOTION, NATURE, NEUTRON, NEUTRINO, NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, OBSERVATION, OBSERVATORY, OCCAM'S RAZOR, OPTICS, ORDER, PARADOX, PARTICLES, PENDULUM, PHOTON, PHYSICIST, PHYSICS, PLANETS, PRAYER, PRINCIPLE, PROBABILITY, PROTONS, PULSAR, QUARK, QUANTUM THEORY, RADAR, RADIATION, RADIUM, REALITY, RED SHIFT, RELATIVITY, REST, SIMULTANEITY, SINGULARITY, SOUND, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SPACE-TIME, SPECTRAL SEQUENCE, SPECTROSCOPE, STARS, STATISTICS, SUN, SYMBOL, SYMMETRY, SYSTEMS, TACHYONS, TELESCOPE, TEMPERATURE, THEORY, THERMODYNAMICS, TIME, TRUTH, UNCERTAINTY, UNIVERSE VACUUM, VELOCITY, VOID, X-RAY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, PERMISSIONS, SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

C.C. Gaither