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Principles Of Physics, Or, Natural Philosophy: Designed For The Use Of Colleges And Schools

Principles Of Physics, Or, Natural Philosophy: Designed For The Use Of Colleges And Schools

Silliman, Benjamin

Paperback

General World HistoryPhysics

ISBN10: 9354507190
ISBN13: 9789354507199
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 740
Weight: 2.35
Height: 1.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before physics had lasers and microchips, it had lucid rules and careful experiments. Science, made visible on paper. Benjamin Silliman's Principles Of Physics, or, Natural Philosophy was written to lead an entire college physics course from first ideas to confident reasoning, and it still reads with brisk authority. As a physics textbook classic, it explains classical mechanics fundamentals with the plain-spoken discipline of the classroom, then moves outward to electricity and magnetism, optics and light, heat, sound, and the measurable behaviour of matter. The approach is concrete and visual, making it an illustrated physics textbook in spirit as well as method, ideal as intro physics for students or for any reader who likes to see how concepts are built. First published in the great age of 19th century science, this early American physics landmark captures a moment when natural philosophy was becoming modern physics. It is also a history of science classic: a record of what was known, how it was taught, and how evidence was marshalled before the vocabulary of the twentieth century took over. For collectors, its period diagrams and terminology offer a direct window into early American classrooms and laboratories. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you are revisiting foundational ideas, tracing the lineage of the discipline, or building a library of enduring scientific works, this facsimile reprint edition belongs close at hand.

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