Energy, the subtle concept : the discovery of Feynman's blocks from Leibniz to Einstein / Jennifer Coopersmith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coopersmith, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Force and energy--History.

Force and energy.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title explains the idea of energy by tracing the story of its discovery, from Galileo through to Einstein. It explains the physics using the minimum of mathematics, presenting both a gripping historical narrative and a fascinating introduction to an elusive physical concept.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Preface to the Revised Edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Praise for the First Edition""; ""1. Introduction: Feynman�s Blocks""; ""2. The Quest for Perpetually Acting Machines""; ""3. Vis viva, the First �Block� of Energy""; ""4. Heat in the Seventeenth Century""; ""5. Heat in the Eighteenth Century""; ""6. The Discovery of Latent and Specific Heats""; ""7. A Hundred and One Years of Mechanics: Newton to Lagrange via Daniel Bernoulli""; ""8. A Tale of Two Countries: the Rise of the Steam Engine and the Caloric Theory of Heat""

""9. Rumford, Davy, and Young""""10. Naked Heat: the Gas Laws and the Specific Heats of Gases""; ""11. Two Contrasting Characters: Fourier and Herapath""; ""12. Sadi Carnot""; ""13. Hamilton and Green""; ""14. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat: Mayer, Joule, and Waterston""; ""15. Faraday and Helmholtz""; ""16. The Laws of Thermodynamics: Thomson and Clausius""; ""17. A Forward Look""; ""18. Impossible Things, Difficult Things""; ""19. Conclusions: What Is Energy?""; ""Appendix I: Timeline""; ""Appendix II: Powers of Ten for Energy""; ""Appendix III: Extras""

""Appendix IV: Miniature Portraits""""Notes and References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-105751-7

0-19-180095-3

OCLC:

909898072