explain the evolution of physics in science
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The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta is a science book for the lay reader. Written by the physicists Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld, it traces the development of ideas in physics.
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- The history of physics is interrelated with that of the other sciences.
- Thales, natural philosophers in the Greek colonies of Asia Minor, Democritus, did initial research on the atomic theory of matter.
- Plato and Aristotle are critical in ancient physics.
- They had a critical influence on the development of science and physics in particular.
- The study of planetary motions was one of the first areas to get close attention.
- Today's mechanic dates back to Galileo.
- The heliocentric model of the solar system by Nicolaus Copernicus was a significant breakthrough.
- Johannes Kepler's studies of planetary motion are still accepted today.
- Principia, published by Isaac Newton, explained both celestial and terrestrial motions.
- An essential work on magnetism, the behavior of gases, separation of white light, anticipating the kinetic theory of gases developed more in a century later.
- The growth of physics since the 1930s has been so significant.
- The discovery of nuclear fission, the theory of relativity, the new quantum mechanics, and the electromagnetic phenomena are significant breakthroughs.
- And the field of physics is still growing.
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