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Doing Physics by Martin H Krieger

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Deals with physicists and what they are up to when they try to get a handle on the world. This book describes the ways physicists actually do their work, their motives, and their ways of making sense of the world so that outsiders can understand it.

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Doing Physics by Martin H Krieger

Deals with physicists and what they are up to when they try to get a handle on the world. This book describes the ways physicists actually do their work, their motives, and their ways of making sense of the world so that outsiders can understand it.
This is a mind-altering book- it ought to carry some sort of warning, that you will never be the same again once you have read it.. This is an important and provocative book, timely and full of insight. Fail to read it, and you may miss out on the physics of the future. - John Gribbin, New Scientist Krieger ... excellently tells those in our human society outside the physics world how physicists think, plan, and go about understanding nature. - Choice ... an excellent book ... innovative. - Isis Krieger takes us into the world of the physicist, on a theoretically informed anthropological field trip.- Contemporary Sociology
Martin H. Krieger is Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is the author of several books, including What's Wrong with Plastic Trees? Artifice and Authenticity in Design.
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ISBN 13 9780253207012
ISBN 10 0253207010
Title Doing Physics
Author Martin H Krieger
Series A Midland Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Indiana University Press
Year published 1992-06-22
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.