physicists

Chronicles the life of Ernest Rutherford, focusing on his revolutionary ideas on modern physics and the discoveries he made that changed the study of science in the nineteenth century.

Presents a brief biography of Isaac Newton, providing information on his childhood, his education, and his achievements in science.

An illustrated study commemorating the centenary of Albert Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis Papers" of 1905, his four articles that provided a foundation for modern physics and revolutionized the world's understanding of space, time, energy, matter, and light.

Contains the text of four plays written by comedic actor Steve Martin, featuring the title selection about an imagined meeting between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in 1904.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century physicist L?on Foucault, the first person to offer definitive proof that the earth revolves on its own axis.

Fictional account of patent clerk Albert Einstein and the new worlds he imagines in his dreams.

Chronicles the life of physicist John Archibald Wheeler and discusses his work with other famous physicists, his involvement with the Manhattan Project, his theories of electricity and magnetism, and other related topics.

Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

Anthropologist Philip Engstrand watches his relationship with a female particle-physicist deteriorate when she begins spending her time studying a possible portal to another world.

This book tells the story of how Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.