Prologue; 1. From Galileo to Daniel Bernoulli; 2. From Franklin to Laplace; 3. From Rumford to Oersted; 4. From Somerville to Henry; 5. From Helmholtz to Rayleigh; 6. From Boltzmann to Volterra; 7. From Bragg to Langevin; 8. From Meitner to Born; 9. From Bohr to Simon; 10. From Bose to Heisenberg; 11. From Dirac to Yukawa; Epilogue; Further reading; Acknowledgements.
Portrayals of 55 physicists, which collectively convey how the subject developed into its modern form.
Ioan James is the former Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford. He won both the Junior Berwick and Whitehead Prizes of the London Mathematical Society.
'A useful reference ...'. New Scientist 'James has researched the lives of his subjects with a keen eye for the fine details of their personal lives, as well as the science they contributed to.' Science Direct ' ... this is an easily accessible text and should be of interest to all those who have an interest in physics, history or the history of physics ...'. Mathematics Today 'It makes the lives of some important physicists accessible and convenient. You can dip into it and find something of interest about their lives ... a welcome addition to the growing range of popular-science culture.' The Mathematical Gazette
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