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朝永振一郎著作集 7 新装

Osaragi Jiro Award

朝永振一郎著作集 7 新装

Shinichiro Tomonaga

This science essay by Nobel laureate Shinichiro Tomonaga follows the historical formation of physics as a way of thinking. Moving from Kepler, Galileo, and Newton to thermodynamics and kinetic theory, it traces how ways of seeing nature emerged and changed, with the perspective of a working physicist felt throughout.

history of physicsscientific thinkingmechanics and thermodynamicsformation of modern sciencethe physicist's viewpoint

Work Information

Physics is presented not as a collection of formulas, but as a human effort to question nature and think it through.

What Is Physics? presents the development of modern physics not only as a sequence of discoveries, but as a history of thought. The first part follows the emergence of the mechanical worldview through Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, while the later chapters move into atomic theory, heat, and kinetic theory. It is a work of scientific history that asks readers to consider the questions from which abstract theories arise, and it stands as one of Tomonaga's major works of public science writing.

Review Summaries

  • The book is recommended for readers in science and engineering as a way to grasp the foundations of physical thinking. Its historical structure, showing how basic concepts came into being, is valued as an introduction before more specialized study.

Book Information

Publisher
みすず書房
Published
2001-12-01
Pages
362 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784622051176
ISBN-10
4622051176
Price
4000 JPY
Category
本/科学・テクノロジー/物理学/一般

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