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For the love of physics : from the end of the rainbow to the edge of time-- a journey through the wonders of physics / Walter Lewin with Warren Goldstein.
- Title
- For the love of physics : from the end of the rainbow to the edge of time-- a journey through the wonders of physics / Walter Lewin with Warren Goldstein.
- Author
- Lewin, Walter H. G.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QC16.L485 A3 2011 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Goldstein, Warren
- Description
- xvi, 302 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- Largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- From the nucleus to deep space -- Measurements, uncertainties, and the stars -- Bodies in motion -- The magic of drinking with a straw -- Over and under -- outside and inside -- the rainbow -- The harmonies of strings and winds -- The wonders of electricity -- The mysteries of magnetism -- Energy conservation -- plus ça change . . . -- X-rays from outer space! -- X-ray ballooning, the early days -- Cosmic catastrophes, neutron stars, and black holes -- Celestial ballet -- X-ray bursters! -- Ways of seeing.
- ISBN
- 9781439108277 (hardcover)
- 1439108277 (hardcover)
- 9781451607130 (pbk.)
- 145160713X (pbk.)
- 9781439123546 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 1439123543 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2010047737
- OCLC
- 555641746
- SCSB-11059815
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library