Part I From Ancient Greece to the Renaissance.- Physical Sciences and Physics.- The Ideas of Greeks About Nature.- From the Classical Era to the Renaissance.- Part II From the Renaissance to the Present Era.- The Major Branches of Physics.- Mechanics.- Optics.- Static Magnetism and Electricity.- Electric Currents and Electromagnetism.- Heat and Thermodynamics.- Kinetic Theory of Ideal Gases.- Physics of the 20th Century.- Lessons from Three Centuries of Physics.- Organization of Teaching and Research.
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