SixRoadsfromNewton:GreatDiscoveriesinPhysics

Whyistimerelativetotheobserver?Cananatomicparticleexistintwoplacesatonce?Islightawave,aparticle,orboth?SixRoadsfromNewtonisalivelytourthroughsixmonumentaldevelopmentsinphysicssinceNewton:wavetheory,fieldtheory,statisticalphysics,specialrelativity,quantumtheory,andgeneralrelativity.Togetherthesecrucialdiscoveriesformedthebasisofthemodernrevolutioninphysics,shatteringNewton'sviewoftheuniverse,andleadingthewaytothemind-bogglingandfascinatingquestionsatthecuttingedgeofphysicstoday.Withreal-worldexamplesthatbringphysicsvividlytolife,EdwardSpeyerexplainseachtheoreticaldevelopment,in-troducingtheleadingfigures,theirfamousexperiments,andanumberofdelightfullyperplexingproblemsthathavechallengedphysicistsalongtheway--fromtheParadoxoftheThreePolarizerstoMaxwell'sDemonandtheinfamouscaseofSchrodinger'sCat."Entertainingandstimulatingreading."--JournalofModernOptics