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100	1		_aBernal, J. D. _q(John Desmond), _d1901-1971. _1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv8KqG4KKVDBxr8yFHKVC
245	1	4	_aThe extension of man : _ba history of physics before the quantum / _cJ.D. Bernal
264		1	_aCambridge : _bM.I.T. Press, _c1972
300			_a317 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally given as lectures at Birkbeck College, University of London
500			_aIncludes index
505	0		_aIntroduction: What is physics? -- Ancient science -- The origins of classical science -- Greek physics -- Medieval physics -- Heliocentric physics -- Science and religion -- The birth of dynamics -- The nature of light and colour -- The development of the steam engine and the theory of heat -- Electricity and magnetism -- Conclusions
520			_aThe late J.D. Bernal's lectures given to first-year students in physics at Birkbeck College, University of London, are presented here in their entirety, tracing the history of physics up to the end of the classical era at the end of 19th century, just before the discoveries of the subatom and relatively were made. In view of the prestige and profundity of the newer discoveries, Bernal felt that the classical era was being largely forgotten. In this book, he attributes a greater relevance to the work of men from the distant past than is usually given. For instance, the idea of atom not only retains the language of the Greek, Democritus, who first postulated it, but there is also an absolutely unbroken connection between the atom of the Greek and that of the modern physicist. Bernal felt that the historical method would be a suitable introduction to the fundamental concepts of physics, and it is hoped that the readers of the book will be able to see something of the interplay between the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject
650		0	_aPhysics _xHistory
653		0	_aPhysics _aHistory
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