Hidden unity in nature's laws / John C. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John C. (John Clayton), 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--History.

Physics.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Summary:

One of the paradoxes of the physical sciences is that as knowledge has progressed, more and more diverse physical phenomena can be explained in terms of fewer underlying laws, or principles. In "Hidden Unity, " eminent physicist Taylor puts many of these findings into historical perspective and documents how progress is made when unexpected, hidden unities are uncovered between apparently unrelated physical phenomena.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-479) and index.

ISBN:

052165064X

0521659388

OCLC:

44391501