The Birth of a New Physics

by I. Bernard Cohen

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

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Indeholder "Den danske redaktionskomités forord", "Forord", "1. Fysikken på en jord i bevægelse", "2. Den gamle fysik", "3. Jorden og universet", "4. Udforskning af universets dybder", "5. Inertien", "6. Kepler og sfærernes musik", "7. Den store bygning - en ny fysik", "Litteratur", "Register".

Lidt om fysikken i det 16. og 17. århundrede, dvs Newton, Kepler. Faldlove, gravitation og planetbevægelser.
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Born in Far Rockaway, New York, I. Bernard Cohen earned degrees from Harvard University. He holds the distinction of being the first person in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in the history of science. Later, Cohen established the History of Science Department at Harvard. Cohen has received many fellowships and has won the George Sarton Medal, show more awarded by the History of Science Society. Cohen is an author and editor, known for his books about Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1960
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Nicolaus Copernicus; Johannes Kepler; Isaac Newton

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Science & Nature, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
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530.09Natural sciences & mathematicsPhysicsPhysicsPhysicsBiography And History
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QC122 .C6SciencePhysicsPhysicsDescriptive and experimental mechanics
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