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It is as if in some post-apocalyptic future, scholars would learn about the work of Newton and Einstein from surviving articles in Scientific American or New Sc
by abecedarius 12y ago
It is as if in some post-apocalyptic future, scholars would learn about the work of Newton and Einstein from surviving articles in Scientific American or New Scientist.
Yes. Lucio Russo in The Forgotten Revolution made the same point and tried to figure out what got lost in that game of telephone. (A lot!)
Here's a book not exactly for the general reader but that I think is underappreciated: James Clerk Maxwell's Matter and Motion. https://archive.org/details/mattermotion00maxwiala https://archive.org/details/mattermotion00maxwiala It's a textbook on mechanics assuming a high-school math background.
- projectileboy 12y agoThank your for the link to Matter and Motion. I had never heard of it, and I'm enjoying what I've read thus far. It reminds me in a way of the Feynman Lectures. The greats often seem to have a way of explaining concepts in the most clear, concise way possible.
- minthd 12y agoFor textbooks, conceptual physics is really great, intuitive physics book, without the math: http://www.amazon.com/Conceptual-Physics-9th-Paul-Hewitt/dp/0321052021 http://www.amazon.com/Conceptual-Physics-9th-Paul-Hewitt/dp/...