ISBN: 9783642095085

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand-British physicist, 1871-1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: "Physics is the onl… Mehr…

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand-British physicist, 1871-1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: "Physics is the only real science. All the rest is butter?y collecting." Or something to that e?ect. I like to include this quote in my introductory remarks at the ?rst class meetings of the physics courses I teach. I have seen that there are those whointerpret this as a put-down of amateurs (butter?y collectors) in science. However, my own interp- tation of Rutherford''s statement is that he is claiming that, except for physics, all of the rest of science is involved merely in collecting facts and classifying them (butter?y collecting). It is physics, uniqueamong the sciences, that is attempting to ?nd explanations for the classi?ed data. The periodic table of the chemical elements, originally proposed by DmitriIvanovichMendeleev(Russianchemist, 1834-1907), presentsan example of this. Chemists toiled to discover the chemical elements and their properties and then classi?ed the elements in the scheme that is expressed by the periodic table. Here was the chemists'' butter?y collecting. It took physicists to explaintheperiodictablebymeansof quantum theory. | Symmetry Rules by Joseph Rosen Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > Earth Sciences P10117, Joseph Rosen<

ISBN: 9783642095085

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand–British physicist, 1871–1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: “Physics is the onl… Mehr…

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand–British physicist, 1871–1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: “Physics is the only real science. All the rest is butter?y collecting.” Or something to that e?ect. I like to include this quote in my introductory remarks at the ?rst class meetings of the physics courses I teach. I have seen that there are those whointerpret this as a put-down of amateurs (butter?y collectors) in science. However, my own interp- tation of Rutherford’s statement is that he is claiming that, except for physics, all of the rest of science is involved merely in collecting facts and classifying them (butter?y collecting). It is physics, uniqueamong the sciences, that is attempting to ?nd explanations for the classi?ed data. The periodic table of the chemical elements, originally proposed by DmitriIvanovichMendeleev(Russianchemist,1834–1907), presentsan example of this. Chemists toiled to discover the chemical elements and their properties and then classi?ed the elements in the scheme that is expressed by the periodic table. Here was the chemists’ butter?y collecting. It took physicists to explaintheperiodictablebymeansof quantum theory., Springer<

2010, ISBN: 3642095089

[EAN: 9783642095085], Neubuch, [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], FOUNDATIONSOFGROUPTHEORY SCIENCE THEORETICALPHYSICS PHYSIK ASTRONOMIE ALLGEMEINES LEXIKA FOUNDATIONS OF GROUP THEORY SYMME… Mehr…

[EAN: 9783642095085], Neubuch, [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], FOUNDATIONSOFGROUPTHEORY SCIENCE THEORETICALPHYSICS PHYSIK ASTRONOMIE ALLGEMEINES LEXIKA FOUNDATIONS OF GROUP THEORY SYMMETRY THEORETICAL PHYSICS MATHEMATISCHE MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN AND GENERALIZATIONS, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Written by renowned expert on symmetryLevel appropriate for newcomersExperienced author and talented writerSuited as background reading for physics studentsA theoretical physicist, Joe Rosen was for many years a membe., Books<

2010, ISBN: 9783642095085

Springer, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-10-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations… Mehr…

Springer, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-10-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.49 kg, Ästhetik, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Algebra & Zahlentheorie, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Fachbücher, Astronomie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Mathematische Physik, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Springer, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9783642095085

Springer, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-10-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations… Mehr…

Springer, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-10-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.49 kg, Ästhetik, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Algebra & Zahlentheorie, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Fachbücher, Astronomie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Mathematische Physik, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Springer, 2010<