Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy / Edition 1

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy / Edition 1

by C.C. Gaither
ISBN-10:
0750304707
ISBN-13:
9780750304702
Pub. Date:
01/01/1997
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0750304707
ISBN-13:
9780750304702
Pub. Date:
01/01/1997
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy / Edition 1

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy / Edition 1

by C.C. Gaither
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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750304702
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Series: Speaking Series
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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
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