Cassell´s Laws of Nature

An examination of those laws that underpin the functioning of the physical world, and the scientists who formulated them. It provides the user not only with coherent descriptions and explanations of "how the physical world works", but also with the stories behind the scientists who discovered and codified these processes. The entries deliver plenty of "hard" scientific explanation and exposition. They also feature fascinating tales of hard experimental and cerebral slog, scientific red herrings and dead ends, as well as of triumphant discovery and damascene enlightenment.
Contents: Introductory essay - defining "laws of nature" A-Z of over 200 laws, law-discoverers and related topics in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, life sciences and astronomy - from the Doppler effect, which explains the change in pitch you hear as a car passes you on the highway to Lenz´s law which may play an important role in the future of trains that can actually fly (levitating trains). The text is supported by illustrative material, timelines and brief feature biographies of the scientists who discovered and codified the various laws. Chronology of the development/discovery of laws.