Article ID: CBB000072414

The clothbound universe: Popular physics books, 1919-39 (1996)

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Description Presents in detail the history of three books: A.N. Whitehead's Science and the modern world (1926), A.S. Eddington's The nature of the physical world (1929), and James Jeans's The mysterious universe (1930).


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Authors & Contributors
Laguens, Florian
Agnes Bolinska
Tuboly, Adam Tamas
Renate Falkner
Gernot Falkner
Stanley, Matthew
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Astrophysics
Science
Relativity
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
Places
England
Great Britain
Institutions
Physical Society
Mathematical Association, London
Royal Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
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