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Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained episodes. Each is a short story of the scientists involved, their time, and their work. Together they form a mosaic of modern physics: formulating relativity and quantum mechanics, finding the constituents of matter and unravelling the forces between them, understanding the working of conductors and semiconductors, discovering and explaining macroscopic quantum effects ...

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The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries of Modern Physics in 100 Episodes 2013, Oxford University Press, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780199673780

Paperback

The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries of Modern Physics in 100 Episodes 2009, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780199544691

Hardcover