Cosmology, Atomic Theory, Evolution

Cosmology, Atomic Theory, Evolution"Sir William Cecil Dampier's Readings in the Literature of Science has long been a classic. Unlike many other collections, it has the virtue of dealing thoroughly with three major subjects which are at the very heart of science: cosmogony, atomic theory and evolution. For each, the readings have been selected so as to give a continuous story, enabling the reader to share in the great excitement of the process of scientific discovery and the growth of

as well as physicists in diverse fields

offering practical suggestions on everything from setting up a workspace and observing safety rules to launching the kites and bringing them in

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author of the well-established text Number Theory (first published by Saunders in 1971 and reprinted by Dover in 1994)

the text assumes a knowledge of the principles of calculus and some training in general mechanics

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eventually became bitter rivals and the central figures in one of the most notorious scientific feuds of the century

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Chapters 5–8 deal with wave propagation as governed by the three-dimensional equations of elasticity and cover waves in infinite media

A biographical sketch by Hippolyte Havel precedes the essays