1st Edition

Physically Speaking A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy

    504 Pages
    by CRC Press

    504 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy provides the largest published collection of quotations pertaining to physics and astronomy. Some quotes are profound, others are wise, some are witty but none are frivolous. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from anti-matter to x-rays.

    This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by students, scientific readers, and the more general reader who is interested in who has said what on physics and astronomy.

    ANTI-MATTER
    ASTRONOMER
    ASTRONOMY
    ATOMS
    BIG-BANG
    BLACK HOLES
    CALCULATION
    CAUSE AND EFFECT
    CHAOS
    COMETS
    CONSTELLATIONS
    COSMOLOGIST
    COSMOLOGY
    COSMOS
    CRYSTALS
    DATA
    DOPPLER
    E = MC2
    ECLIPSE
    EINSTEIN, ALBERT
    ELECTRONS
    ENERGY
    ERROR
    ETHER
    EXPERIMENT
    FACT
    FISSION
    FORCE
    FUSION
    GALAXIES
    GEOMETRY
    GLUONS
    GOD
    GRAVITY
    HEAT
    HYPOTHESIS
    INFINITE
    KNOWLEDGE
    LAWS
    LIGHT
    LOCATION
    MAGNETIC
    MATHEMATICS
    MATTER
    METEORS
    MILKY WAY
    MODELS
    MONOPOLES
    MOTION
    NATURE
    NEUTRON
    NEUTRINO
    NEWTON, SIR ISAAC
    OBSERVATION
    OBSERVATORY
    OCCAM'S RAZOR
    OPTICS
    ORDER
    PARADOX
    PARTICLES
    PENDULUM
    PHOTON
    PHYSICIST
    PHYSICS
    PLANETS
    PRAYER
    PRINCIPLE
    PROBABILITY
    PROTONS
    PULSAR
    QUARK
    QUANTUM THEORY
    RADAR
    RADIATION
    RADIUM
    REALITY
    RED SHIFT
    RELATIVITY
    REST
    SIMULTANEITY
    SINGULARITY
    SOUND
    SOLAR SYSTEM
    SPACE
    SPACE-TIME
    SPECTRAL SEQUENCE
    SPECTROSCOPE
    STARS
    STATISTICS
    SUN
    SYMBOL
    SYMMETRY
    SYSTEMS
    TACHYONS
    TELESCOPE
    TEMPERATURE
    THEORY
    THERMODYNAMICS
    TIME
    TRUTH
    UNCERTAINTY
    UNIVERSE
    VACUUM
    VELOCITY
    VOID
    X-RAY
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    PERMISSIONS
    SUBJECT INDEX
    AUTHOR INDEX

    Biography

    C.C. Gaither

    "The book contains a wealth of information. One finds quotations that one reads for one's own amusement, and one feels the urge to use again and again. … this book is bound to become successful because of the riches of its contents."
    -The Chemical Intelligencer

    "This book is an especially delightful anthology of quotations … Poetry, humor, history, fact, and wisdom are found here on every page … The book merits the strongest recommendation and will probably encourage its readers to look for Statistically Speaking, an earlier work by the same authors."
    -School Science Review