Pais undertakes a history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays. The book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last one-hundred years buy why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists involved, and how a series of seemingly bizarre or unrelated occurrences has emerged, with hindsight, as a logical sequence of discoveries and events.
Author: Abraham Pais
Title: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1986
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 666p
Condition: Very good condition dust jacket (price-clipped) with old bookseller price tag and creasing on back panel and mild edge wear. Boards and spine very clean with mild edge wear, crushing at spine ends, and bumping to corners. Binding solid and square. Pages toned.
Comments: Solid copy
