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History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
History of Friedrich II of Prussia Called Frederick the Great Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Thomas Carlyle The behaviour of matter and energy represents one aspect only of human knowledge, which is generally known by the name of physical science. It seems well to state at the outset that, throughout these pages, when the term science is employed it refers solely to this one branch. Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental... more » of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known, not merely by inanimate things, but also by living organisms, in their minutest parts, as single individuals, and also as whole communities. It results from this that, however complicated a series of phenomena may be and however many other sciences may enter into its complete presentation,
Table of Contents
Periodic Table op the Elements 6-7; I Physical History 9; II Matter: i Atoms and Molecules 38; iii Matter j ii The Elements 5H; IV Heat and the Kinetic Theory of Matter 71 V Potential and Chesucal Energy 105; VI Electrons and X-Rays 144; VII Inertia 164; VIII Radiation IBS; IX Radioactivity 197; X Cosmical Energy 232; Bibliography« 254; Index 255
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