50 Physics Ideas You Really Need To Know

As well as outlining and explaining such historic breakthroughs in humanunderstanding of the physical world as Keplers law of planetary motion andNewtons law of... » 

As well as outlining and explaining such historic breakthroughs in humanunderstanding of the physical world as Keplers law of planetary motion andNewtons law of gravitation Joanne Baker unravels the sometimes bafflingcomplexities of modern scientific theory from Plancks law to Paulisexclusion principle and from Schrondingers cat to string theory. The essaysare accompanied by a range of useful editorial features including biographiesof iconic physicists timelines of related ideas explanatory diagrams anddisplay quotations. «