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When Physics Became King

Iwan Rhys Morus

2005288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005University Of Chicago Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780226542027
  • 2005University Of Chicago Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780226542010

As recently as 200 years ago, physics as we know it did not exist. This title traces the rise of the discipline, including the emergence of mathematical physics in France and the scientific discoveries that led to the process of industrialism.

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