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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction: the Greek way
1 Invention in antiquity
Physica
Applications
Dumbing down
2 Selection in Islam
Falsafa
Mixed mathematics
Departures
3 Domestication in Europe
Stirrings
Alma mater
Mixed mathematics
Fresh imports
4 Second creation
Revolution or integration?
Mathematics or physics?
The invention of physics
Institutional frameworks
Physics and enlightenment
5 Classical physics and its cure
Standard models
Physicists as librarians
The microworld
The profession
6 From old world to new
Legacies of World War I
From electrons to stars
Hotness and coldness
Americanization
7 The quintessential
References
Index
Nothing
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