Understanding Physics
by D.C. Cassidy, G. Holton, J. Rutherford
Publisher: Springer 2002
ISBN/ASIN: 0387987568
ISBN-13: 9780387987569
Number of pages: 880
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Understanding Physics provides a thorough grounding in contemporary physics while placing physics into its social and historical context ... develops facility in critical thinking, reasoned argumentation, evaluation of evidence, mathematical modelling, and ethical values.
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