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Physics Bulletin

The Basis of Modern Physics

David Bailin

Published Mar 1, 1968• 0 citations
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J. M. Irvine Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1967 Pp. vii + 124. Price 7s. 6d. This is a compact book which attempts to isolate and explain the main ideas of modern physics. These are identified as relativity and quantum mechanics, so that the reader may well be left with the impression that there have been no basic ideas since about 1930.
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10.1088/0031-9112/19/3/026

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