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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer CoopersmithPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.702kg ISBN: 9780199546503ISBN 10: 0199546509 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 15 July 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction: Feynman's blocks 2: Perpetual motion is prohibited 3: Vis viva: the fist 'block' of energy 4: Heat: seventeenth century 5: Heat in the eighteenth century 6: The discovery of latent and specific heats 7: A hundred and one years of mechanics: Newton to Lagrange via Daniel Bernoulli 8: A tale of two countries: the rise of the steam engine and the caloric theory of heat 9: Rumford, Davy and Young 10: Naked heat: the gas laws and the specific heat of gases 11: Two contrasting characters: Fourier and Herapath 12: Sadi Carnot 13: Hamilton and Green 14: The mechanical equivalent of heat: Mayer, Joule and Waterston 15: Faraday and Helmholtz 16: The laws of thermodynamics: Thomson and Clausius 17: A forward look: Maxwell, Boltzmann, Planck, Schrödinger and Einstein 18: Impossible things; difficult things 19: ConclusionsReviewsIn clear and engaging prose, Coopersmith shows how the modern understanding of energy was formulated, moving from the first documented discussions of simple machines and perpetual motion in ancient Greece, to the work of Gottfried Leibniz and other 17th-century thinkers, to Einstein's theory of relativity and beyond... i Energy, the Subtle Conceptr is a fascinating read, both physicists and nonphysicists who want to learn more about the history of energy will enjoy it. Lisa Crystal, Physics Today Coopersmith has been on a commendable personal journey to understand energy Colin Axon, Energy Group Newsletter The more I read this book, the more difficult it was to put it down ... [It] has a fascinating story to tell about the development of our understanding of energy as a physical quantity... Matt Chorley, Popular Science beautifully-written text ... Throughout, the book is sprinkled with anecdotes and, most importantly, insightful commentary, with a plethora of figures that assist the reader in digesting the concepts detailed. Jay Wadhawan, University of Hull The conservation of energy is arguably the most important law in physics. But what exactly is being conserved? Are some forms of energy more fundamental than others? You will have to read the book to find out. Coopersmith sets out to answer such questions and to explain the concept of energy through the history of its discovery. This is neither a straightforward narrative nor one for the faint-hearted. Those not put off by the odd bit of mathematics, will be well-rewarded by dipping into this book. Manjit Kumar, New Scientist This is a work of physics in substance and history in form. Energy the Subtle Concept is as much concerned with physicists as with physics. Its scientific interest is matched by human interest. Jennifer Coopersmith deftly brings to life the people who made the science throughout its history. Charles C. Gillispie, Professor of History of Science Emeritus, Princeton University The conservation of energy is arguably the most important law in physics. But what exactly is being conserved? Are some forms of energy more fundamental than others? You will have to read the book to find out. Coopersmith sets out to answer such questions and to explain the concept of energy through the history of its discovery. This is neither a straightforward narrative nor one for the faint-hearted. Those not put off by the odd bit of mathematics, will be well-rewarded by dipping into this book. Manjit Kumar, New Scientist This is a work of physics in substance and history in form. Energy the Subtle Concept is as much concerned with physicists as with physics. Its scientific interest is matched by human interest. Jennifer Coopersmith deftly brings to life the people who made the science throughout its history. Charles C. Gillispie, Professor of History of Science Emeritus, Princeton University The more I read this book, the more difficult it was to put it down ... [It] has a fascinating story to tell about the development of our understanding of energy as a physical quantity... Matt Chorley, Popular Science beautifully-written text ... Throughout, the book is sprinkled with anecdotes and, most importantly, insightful commentary, with a plethora of figures that assist the reader in digesting the concepts detailed. Jay Wadhawan, University of Hull The conservation of energy is arguably the most important law in physics. But what exactly is being conserved? Are some forms of energy more fundamental than others? You will have to read the book to find out. Coopersmith sets out to answer such questions and to explain the concept of energy through the history of its discovery. This is neither a straightforward narrative nor one for the faint-hearted. Those not put off by the odd bit of mathematics, will be well-rewarded by dipping into this book. Manjit Kumar, New Scientist This is a work of physics in substance and history in form. Energy the Subtle Concept is as much concerned with physicists as with physics. Its scientific interest is matched by human interest. Jennifer Coopersmith deftly brings to life the people who made the science throughout its history. Charles C. Gillispie, Professor of History of Science Emeritus, Princeton University Author Information"Jennifer Coopersmith took her PhD in nuclear physics from the University of London, and was later a research fellow at TRIUMF, University of British Columbia. She was for many years an associate lecturer for the Open University (London and Oxford) honing her skills at answering those ""damn-fool profound and difficult questions"" that students ask. She currently does similar work on astrophysics courses for Swinburne University in Melbourne." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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