The Continuing Revolution

The Continuing Revolution

"The Continuing Revolution" ":A History of Physics from the Greeks to Einstein" (1968) is a book by Joseph Agassi, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. It written as a three week discussion with Agassi's son Aaron.

Contents

The book is divided into 3 weeks or chapters. Each week has seven days or sections.

The first chapter--i.e., week one--has Monday:What Science Is All About, Tuesday:From Aristarchus to Copernicus, Wednesday:Why Believe Scientists?, Thursday:Galieo's Home-made Telescope, Friday:The Idea of the Artificial Satellite, Saturday:Gravity--More or Less or the Same Everywhere?, and Sunday:Science Versus Superstition.

The second chapter--i.e., week two--has Monday:The Most Important Question in Physics, Tuesday:Everyone Thinks the World Is Made of Something Else, Wednesday:From Plato to Descartes, Thursday:Descartes' Theory of the Universe, Friday:Cartesian Physics--Everything Pushes Everything Else, Saturday:Bacon, Boyle, and Especially Newton, and Sunday:More on Newton, and a Little About Einstein.

The third chapter--i.e., week three--has Monday:Leibniz, Tuesday:No Such Thing as Electric Atoms, Wednesday:Was Newton Right or Wrong?, Thursday:A Mess of Theories About Ethers, Friday:Who Am I to Fight the Whole World?, Saturday:Magnetic Lines of Force, and Sunday:from Faraday to Einstein to Tomorrow.


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