The Growth of Physical Science is a detailed but very accessible survey of what began as natural philosophy and culminated in the mid-twentieth century as quantum physical science. From the earliest physical investigations of nature made by the various civiliSations of Babylonia, Phoenicia and Egypt (a period covering 5000–600 BC), through the remarkable mathematical and philosophical achievements of the ancient Greeks, to the ages of Newton and then Einstein, Rutherford and Bohr, Jeans has written a comprehensive history of this tremendous advancement in our understanding of the universe, one that will appeal to a broad range readers interested in this subject.
- ISBN13 9780521744850
- Publish Date 18 January 2009
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 17 January 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 404
- Language English