Overview

Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy provides the largest published collection of quotations pertaining to physics and astronomy. Some quotes are profound, others are wise, some are witty but none are frivolous. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from anti-matter to x-rays. This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by students, scientific readers, and the more general reader who is interested in who has said what on physics and astronomy.

Full Product Details

Author:   C.C. Gaither ,  Alma E Cavazos-Gaither ,  Andrew Slocombe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Institute of Physics Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9780750304702

ISBN 10:   0750304707
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

ANTI-MATTER, ASTRONOMER, ASTRONOMY, ATOMS, BIG-BANG, BLACK HOLES, CALCULATION, CAUSE AND EFFECT, CHAOS, COMETS, CONSTELLATIONS, COSMOLOGIST, COSMOLOGY, COSMOS, CRYSTALS, DATA, DOPPLER, E = MC2, ECLIPSE, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, ELECTRONS, ENERGY, ERROR, ETHER, EXPERIMENT, FACT, FISSION, FORCE, FUSION, GALAXIES, GEOMETRY, GLUONS, GOD, GRAVITY, HEAT, HYPOTHESIS, INFINITE, KNOWLEDGE, LAWS, LIGHT, LOCATION, MAGNETIC, MATHEMATICS, MATTER, METEORS, MILKY WAY, MODELS, MONOPOLES, MOTION, NATURE, NEUTRON, NEUTRINO, NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, OBSERVATION, OBSERVATORY, OCCAM'S RAZOR, OPTICS, ORDER, PARADOX, PARTICLES, PENDULUM, PHOTON, PHYSICIST, PHYSICS, PLANETS, PRAYER, PRINCIPLE, PROBABILITY, PROTONS, PULSAR, QUARK, QUANTUM THEORY, RADAR, RADIATION, RADIUM, REALITY, RED SHIFT, RELATIVITY, REST, SIMULTANEITY, SINGULARITY, SOUND, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SPACE-TIME, SPECTRAL SEQUENCE, SPECTROSCOPE, STARS, STATISTICS, SUN, SYMBOL, SYMMETRY, SYSTEMS, TACHYONS, TELESCOPE, TEMPERATURE, THEORY, THERMODYNAMICS, TIME, TRUTH, UNCERTAINTY, UNIVERSE VACUUM, VELOCITY, VOID, X-RAY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, PERMISSIONS, SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX

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This book is an especially delightful anthology of quotations ... Poetry, humour, history, fact and wisdom are found here on every page ... The book merits the strongest recommendation and will probably encourage its readers to look for Statistically Speaking, an earlier work by the same authors.

""The book contains a wealth of information. One finds quotations that one reads for one's own amusement, and one feels the urge to use again and again. … this book is bound to become successful because of the riches of its contents."" -The Chemical Intelligencer ""This book is an especially delightful anthology of quotations … Poetry, humor, history, fact, and wisdom are found here on every page … The book merits the strongest recommendation and will probably encourage its readers to look for Statistically Speaking, an earlier work by the same authors."" -School Science Review

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