朝永振一郎著作集 7 新装
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.
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
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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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