A Cultural History of Physics

Taylor & Francis Ltd

A Cultural History of PhysicsAuthor(s): Kroly Simonyi, Charles Simonyi, David Kramer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781032690988, 978-1032690988\nSynopsis\nWhile the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture, \""The Two Cultures.\"" \n\nIn A Cultural History of Physics, Hungarian scientist and educator Kroly Simonyi succeeds in bridging this chasm by describing the experimental methods and theoretical interpretations that created scientific knowledge, from ancient times to the present day, within the cultural environment in which it was formed. Unlike any other work of its kind, Simonyis seminal opus explores .