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Copyright (c) 2009 by Fernand Brunschwig (fbrunsch@[Link]).


Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License,
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FOREWORD TO 2003 EDITION vi

INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION x

AUTHOR’S PREFACE xiv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviii

Part one A first view


CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF SCIENCE 2
CHAPTER 2 REFERENCE FRAMES 30
CHAPTER 3 THE INTERACTION CONCEPT 54
CHAPTER 4 MATTER AND ENERGY 80

Part two Waves and atoms


CHAPTER 5 MODELS FOR LIGHT AND SOUND 110
CHAPTER 6 THE WAVE THEORY 138
CHAPTER 7 WAVE MODELS FOR SOUND AND LIGHT 172
CHAPTER 8 MODELS FOR ATOMS 202

Part three Energy


CHAPTER 9 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF ENERGY 234
CHAPTER 10 TEMPERATURE AND ENERGY 248
CHAPTER 11 FORCE, DISPLACEMENT, AND ENERGY 278
TRANSFER
CHAPTER 12 ELECTRIC CURRENT AND ENERGY 310
TRANSFER

Part four Motion


CHAPTER 13 OBJECTS IN MOTION 348
CHAPTER 14 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION 364
CHAPTER 15 PERIODIC MOTION 400
CHAPTER 16 HEAT AND MOTION 424

EPILOGUE “SCIENCE IN THE NEW HUMANISM” 460


BY JACOB BRONOWSKI

APPENDIX MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND 466

ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS WITH NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS 484

INDEX 488

ROBERT KARPLUS – A PORTRAIT 498


BY FERNAND BRUNSCHWIG

HISTORICAL TIMELINE 508


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Copyright (c) 2009 by Fernand Brunschwig (fbrunsch@[Link]).


Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License,
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