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Outstanding text by one of the 20th century's foremost physicists dramatically explains how the central laws of physical science evolved, from Pythagoras'' discovery of frequency ratios in the 6th century BC to today's research on elementary particles. Includes fascinating biographical data about Galileo, Newton, Huygens, Einstein and others. 136 illustrations.Gamow, George is the author of 'Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein', published 1988 under ISBN 9780486257679 and ISBN 0486257673.
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