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What's the Matter? draws readers into the ongoing inquiry about the natural world, providing an overview of how physics has developed through the centuries, in the words of the scientists who made the great discoveries. It includes 31 selections, introductory essays and a thematic guide, stimulating discussion questions for each selection, and annotated bibliographies and suggestions for further reading.
- The Uncertainty of Science
- The Science of Nature
- Moving Things
- Falling Bodies and Projectiles
- Forces
- Laws of Motion
- Time, Space, and Motion
- Rules of Doing Philosophy
- On Light
- Heat and Friction
- The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
- Entropy: The Running-Down of the Universe
- Induction of Electric Currents
- On the Physical Lines of Magnetic Force
- The Science of Electromagnetism
- Electricity and Electromotive Force
- A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
- Extending the Theories of Physics
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- The General Theory of Relativity
- E = mc2
- Quantum Uncertainty
- Quantum Behavior
- The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory
- Quantum Perplexity and Debate
- The Origin of the Universe
- Beautiful Theories: Symmetry and Mathematics
- Why Physics Is the Easiest Science: Effective Theories
- Metaphor in Science
- Black Holes and Predictable Worlds
- The Scientist's Responsibilities
