1. Classical foundations -- 2. Special relativity -- 3. Quantum mechanics -- 4. Elementary particles -- 5. Cosmology.

The conceptual changes brought by modern physics are important, radical and fascinating, yet they are only vaguely understood by people working outside the fiel

"The conceptual changes brought by modern physics are important, radical and fascinating, yet they are only vaguely understood by people working outside the fie

The Second Creation is a dramatic--and human--chronicle of scientific investigators at the last frontier of knowledge. Robert Crease and Charles Mann take the r

The first systematic study of the aesthetic evaluations that scientists pass on their theories.