Description
Based on a celebrated series of lectures, this book offers an accessible and thought-provoking exploration of the principles that shape modern physics. It ranges from gravity and the conservation of energy to the nature of time, probability, and mathematics, revealing both the power and limitations of scientific laws. With characteristic clarity, wit, and inventive everyday analogies, the author makes profound ideas approachable without sacrificing their depth. The result is an enduring portrait of how physicists think—and of the elegant, sometimes puzzling character of the physical world.
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paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
Published Oct 28, 2004
192 pages
ISBN: 9780140175059
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First Published
1965
Language
eng
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