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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Notes CHAPTER 1 1. Herbert Westren Turnbull, The Great Mathematicians in The World of Mathematics. James R. Newrnan, ed. New York: Sirnon & Schuster, 1956. 2. Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy. New York: Sirnon & Schuster, 1961, p. 41. 3. lbid., p. 44. 4. G. E. L. Owen, "Aristotle," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Char1es Scribner's Sons, Vol. 1, 1970, p. 250. 5. Durant, op. cit., p. 44. 6. Owen, op. cit., p. 251. 7. Durant, op. cit., p. 53. CHAPTER 2 1. Williarn H. Stahl, '' Aristarchus of Samos,'' Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 1, 1970, p. 246. 2. Jbid., p. 247. 3. G. J. Toorner, "Ptolerny," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 11, 1975, p. 187. CHAPTER 3 1. Stephen F. Mason, A History of the Sciences. New York: Abelard-Schurnan Ltd., 1962, p. 127. 2. Edward Rosen, "Nicolaus Copernicus," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 3, 1971, pp. 401-402. 3. Mason, op. cit., p. 128. 4. Rosen, op. cit., p. 403. 391 392 NOTES 5. David Pingree, "Tycho Brahe," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 2, 1970, p. 401. 6. lbid.. p. 402. 7. Jbid., pp. 402-403. 8. lbid., p. 413. 9. Owen Gingerich, "Johannes Kepler," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 7, 1970, p. 289. 10. lbid.• p. 290. 11. Mason, op. cit., p. 135. 12. Jbid .. p. 136. 13. Gingerich, op. cit., p. 305. CHAPTER 4 1. W. L. Reese, "Galileo Galilei," Dictionary ofPhilosophy and Religion. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Hurnanities Press, Inc., 1980, p. 186. 2. Chet Rayrno, The Soul of the Night. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, lnc., 1985, p. 163. 3. G. Szczesny, The Case Against Bertold Brecht: With Arguments Drawnfrom His Life of Galileo. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Cornpany, 1969, p. 68. 4. Dietrich Schroeer, Physics and lts Fifth Dimension: Society. Reading, Massachusetts: Ad­ dison-Wesley Publishing Cornpany, p. 81. 5. Jbid., p. 84. CHAPTER 5 1. "Sir Isaac Newton," Encyc/opaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Vol. 13, 1974, p. 17. 2. Isaac Asirnov, Asimov's Biographical Encyc/opedia of Science and Technology. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Cornpany, Inc., 1982, p. 148. 3. "Sir Isaac Newton," op. cit., p. 17. 4. E. N. da Costa Andrade, "Isaac Newton," The World of Mathematics. Ed. Jarnes R. Newrnan. New York: Sirnon & Schuster, 1956, p. 256. 5. "Sir Isaac Newton," op. cit., p. 17. 6. John Maynard Keynes, "Newton, the Man," The World of Mathematics. Ed. Jarnes R. Newrnan. New York: Sirnon & Schuster, 1956, p. 278. 7. Asirnov, op. cit., p. 148. 8. Jbid .• p. 232. 9. "Sir Isaac Newton," op. cit., p. 18. 10. Asirnov, op. cit., p. 152. 11. Ibid., p. 153. 12. Andrade, op. cit., p. 270. 13. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 89. NOTES 393 CHAPTER 6 l. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 54. 2. lbid., p. 55. 3. lbid.• p. 38. 4. lbid.• p. 40. 5. lbid., p. 65. 6. Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Garden City, New York: Doub1eday & Co., lnc., 1982, p. 155. 7. "James Brad1ey," Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., · Vol. 3, 1974, p. 10.1. 8. "Edmond Hal1ey," Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Vol. 8, 1974, p. 556. 9. lbid., p. 557. CHAPTER 8 l. "Sir William Rowan Hami1ton," Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Bri­ tannica, Inc., Vol. 8, 1974, p. 588. 2. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 1027. 3. "Sir William Rowan Hami1ton," op. cit., p. 588. 4. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., p. 1028. 5. "Sir William Rowan Hamilton," op. cit., p. 589. 6. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., p. 1028. 7. "Sir William Rowan Hami1ton," op. cit., p. 589. 8. Herbert Westren Tumbull, The Great Mathematicians in The World of Mathematics. Ed. James R. Newman. New York: Sirnon & Schuster, 1956, p. 163. 9. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., p. 1029. 10. W. R. Hamilton, Dublin University Review, 1833, pp. 795-826. ll. Tumbull, op. c;it., p. 153. 12. "Joseph-Louis Comte de Lagrange," Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Vol. 10, 1974, p. 598. 13. Tumbull, op. cit., p. 154. 14. "Joseph-Louis Comte de Lagrange," op. cit., p. 598. 15. Tumbull, op. cit., p. 155. CHAPTER 10 l. Henry A. Boorse andLloydMotz, The WorldoftheAtom. New York: Basic Books,1966, p. 319. 2. lbid.• p. 320. 3. lbid.• p. 321. 394 NOTES 4. lbid., p. 263. 5. lbid., p. 264. 6. lbid.' p. 265. 7. Ibid., p. 266. 8. lbid., p. 267. CHAPTER 11 I. R. Steven Turner, "Julius Robert Mayer," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 9, 1974, p. 237. 2. lbid., p. 238. 3. James F. Challey, "Nicolas Leonard Sadi Camot," Dictionary ofScientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 3, 1971, p. 81. 4. Edward E. Darb, "Rudolf Clausius," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 3, 1971, p. 303. 5. lbid., p. 306. 6. lbid., p. 307. 7. Ibid., p. 309. 8. Sir Isaac Newton, Optiks. New York: Dover, 1952, p. 400. 9. F. W. Magie, The Source Book in Physics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1935, p. 247. 10. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World of the Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, pp. 213-214. 11. Stephen G. Brush, "Ludwig Boltzmann," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 2, 1970, p. 266. 12. Ibid., p. 262. 13. Ibid., p. 263. 14. lbid., p. 264. 15. Martin J. Klein, "Josiah Willard Gibbs," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 5, 1972, p. 388. CHAPTER 12 I. James Murphy, "Introduction," in Max Planck, Where is Science Going? New York: W. W. Norton, 1932, p. 18. 2. lbid., pp. 19-20. 3. Albert Einstein, "Prologue," in Planck, supra note 1, p. 12. 4. lbid., p. 20. 5. Max Planck, "Scientific Autobiography," Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers. New York: Philosophical Library, 1949, p. 14. 6. Ibid., p. 15. 7. lbid.' p. 16. 8. lbid., p. 20. 9. lbid., p. 21. NOTES 395 10. Max Planck, The Universe in Light of Modern Physics. New York: W. W. Norton, 1931, p. 82. 11. lbid.' p. 30. 12. Ibid., p. 32. 13. Ibid., pp. 33-34. 14. Max von Laue, "Memorial Address," in Planck, supra note 5, p. 8. 15. James Murphy, "Introduction," in Planck, supra note I, p. 37. CHAPTER 13 1. Nobel Lectures: Physics /901-1921. New York: Elsevier Publishing Co., 1967, p. 97. 2. '' John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh,'' Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Vol. 15, 1978, p. 538. 3. Nobel Lectures, op. cit., p. 97. 4. lbid.' p. 98. CHAPTER 14 1. Nobel Lectures: Physics 1901-1921. New York: Elsevier Publishing Co., 1967, p. 31. 2. lbid.' p. 32. 3. Alfred Romer, "Henri Becquerel," Dictionary ofScientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970, Vol. 2, p. 558. 4. lbid., pp. 558-559. 5. Adrienne R. Weill, "Marie Curie," Dictionary ofScientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 3, 1971, p. 500. 6. lbid., p. 501. 7. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 430. 7. lbid., p. 502. 8. Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years. New York: Philosophical Library, 1950, pp. 227- 228. 9. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., p. 438. 10. lbid., p. 439. 11. lbid., p. 449. 12. lbid., p. 450. 13. Jbid., p. 451. 14. lbid.' p. 641. 15. lbid.' p. 701. 16. lbid., p. 702. 17. lbid., p. 703. 18. lbid., pp. 704-705. 19. lbid., p. 804. 20. lbid., p. 805. 21. lbid., p. 806. 396 NOTES CHAPTER 15 1. Ronald W. Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times. New York: Avon Books, 1984, p. 25. 2. Ibid., p. 27. 3. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 534. 4. Clark, op. cit., p. 66. 5. Ibid., p. 87. 6. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., pp. 535-536. 7. Clark, op. cit., p. 252. 8. Ibid., p. 313. CHAPTER 16 1. Leon Rosenfeld, "Niels Henrik David Bohr," Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 2, 1970, p. 240. 2. lbid.' p. 241. 3. Ibid., p. 244. 4. Ibid., p. 248. 5. lbid., p. 250. 6. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 739. CHAPTER 17 1. Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz, The World ofthe Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 1047. 2. lbid.' p. 1105. 3. Ibid., p. ll06. 4. lbid., p. ll07. 5. Ibid., p. 1065. 6. lbid., p. 1066. 7. lbid., p. 1529. 8. lbid., p. 1530. 9. "Richard Phillips Feynman," M cGraw-Hill Modern M en of Science; New York: McGraw­ Hill, 1966, p. 170. CHAPTER 18 1. Henry A. Boorse and and Lloyd Motz, The World of the Atom. New York: Basic Books, 1966, p. 1319. 2. lbid., pp. 1319-1320. NOTES 397 3. Emilio Segre, "Enrico Fermi," Dictionary of Scienti.fic Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Vol. 4, 1971, p. 577. 4. Boorse and Motz, op. cit., p. 1320. 5. Segre, op. cit., p. 577. 6. lbid., p. 578. 7. Ibid., p. 579. 8. lbid.' p. 580. 9. "Enrico Fermi," Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists.
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