Flying on the Wings of Genius: A Chronicle of Modern PhysicsUniversal-Publishers, 2006 - 140 pages This book is a must read for everyone interested in the future role and direction of science. It begins with the description of the new discoveries made at the turn of the previous century, which have culminated in the scientific knowledge we have today.The book then discusses the fundamental constants of Nature and how they inter-relate and how they may have come to be what they are. This second book compliments and adds a vast new tranche of knowledge to Book I of the series, but is at the same time entirely readable in its own right. As it chronicles the development of modern science it opens a new window on our undestanding of science at the most fundamental level of knowledge. |
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Page 2 - If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Page 17 - The ratio of the mass of the proton to the mass of the electron is therefore (136/V10) -:- (V10/136) = 1849'6.
Page 13 - We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.