Edition |
1st Free Press hardcover ed. |
Description |
xvi, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
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. |
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. |
Subject |
Lewin, Walter H. G.
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Lewin, Walter H. G. |
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Physicists -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Physicists. |
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Massachusetts. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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College teachers. |
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Physics -- Study and teaching -- Netherlands.
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Physics -- Study and teaching. |
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Netherlands. |
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Physics -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Goldstein, Warren.
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ISBN |
9781439108277 hardcover |
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1439108277 hardcover |
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9781451607130 paperback |
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145160713X paperback |
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9781439123546 ebook |
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1439123543 ebook |
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