Review: Morus, When Physics Became King
The April issue of Physics Today features a glowing review of Iwan Rhys Morus's When Physics Became King. Reviewer Robert M. Brain wrote: "Excellent.… A few good histories of physics during that remarkable age [the 19th century] exist—but none as readable or comprehensive as Morus's superb book."
When Physics Became King traces the emergence of this revolutionary science, demonstrating how a discipline that barely existed in 1800 came to be regarded a century later as the ultimate key to unlocking nature's secrets. A cultural history designed to provide a big-picture view, the book ably ties advances in the field to the efforts of physicists who worked to win social acceptance for their research.
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Ya physics sure did become king. It has almost become a religion. Offering people a view and answers to all the questions of life. Where does life come from? How is life possible? All the question tackled by religion.
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August 23, 2007 02:00 PM
I can see science being one of the major religions of the future. We are already starting to see the emergence of such a phenominal in the rising popularity of atheism.
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August 23, 2007 02:02 PM
Ya we are raised with certain world views that we take for granted. We don't see how world views change over time or how people saw the world before our time.
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November 3, 2007 02:10 PM