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FORCES IN PHYSICS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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Covers the history of all of the four traditional fundamental forces - gravity, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force - and shows how these forces have, over the years, allowed physicists to better understand the nature of the physical world.

Forces in Physics

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
Series Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1: Force in the Ancient and Classical World.
2: Medieval Ideas of Force.
3: The New Physics.
4: From the Heavens to the Earth.
5: Forces and Fields.
6: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.
7: Fields as Everything.
8: The Relativity of Motion.
9: Quantum Mechanics.
Some Mathematical Ideas.
Timeline.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.

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