556 Pages
by
CRC Press
560 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The "laws" that govern our physical universe come in many guises-as principles, theorems, canons, equations, axioms, models, and so forth. They may be empirical, statistical, or theoretical, their names may reflect the person who first expressed them, the person who publicized them, or they might simply describe a phenomenon. However they may be named, the discovery and application of physical... Read more
Preface
Introduction-Dr. George Hazelrigg
Laws and Models: Definitions and Descriptions
List of Illustrations
Alphabetical Presentation of Laws And Models
Abbreviations
Physical Constants
References and Sources
Introduction-Dr. George Hazelrigg
Laws and Models: Definitions and Descriptions
List of Illustrations
Alphabetical Presentation of Laws And Models
Abbreviations
Physical Constants
References and Sources
Biography
Carl W. Hall
"An excellent purchase and one not likely to become dated for many years"
-Choice, April 2000
"…we see that the process of discovery is a process that proceeds on the margins of extant knowledge. We build models on data and collect data on models…and the most fundamental of these models we call laws. And such is the subject of this book."
- From the introduction by George A. Hazelrigg
"…we see that the process of discovery is a process that proceeds on the margins of extant knowledge. We build models on data and collect data on models…and the most fundamental of these models we call laws. And such is the subject of this book."
- From the introduction by George A. Hazelrigg
