Download or read book Twentieth Century Physics written by Laurie M. Brown and published by Institute of Physics Publishing (GB). This book was released on 1995 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth Century Physics is a major historical study of the scientific and cultural development of physics in our century. Published jointly by the American Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics (U.K.), this unparalled three-volume work offers an engaging, scholarly overview of the evolution of modern physics. With its tremendous breadth and scope Twentieth Century Physics will have broad appeal both as enjoyable reading and as an essential scientific reference. The publication's scientifically literate readership includes practicing physicists and other scientist, science educators, historians, philosophers of science, and those with a non-professional interest in science.