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Physics: Unit 4: Home
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QCE Physics: Units 3&4 by Brian Shadwick.
Call Number: 530 SHA
Books in the Library on Scientific Developments
Timelines of Science and Technology
Set of encyclopaedias that examine the history of scientific development::
Late medieval and Renaissance science: 1000-1624
The scientific revolution: 1625 - 1774
Industrial Revolution 1775-1839
The Age of Steam : 1840 - 1884
The Age of Electricity : 1885 - 1919
The atomic age, 1920-1949
The Space Age : 1950 - 1979
The modern world : 1980 - Present
Eureka! the most amazing scientific discoveries of all time by Mike Goldsmith
Call Number: 500 GOL
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
Marie Curie: the woman who changed the course of science by Philip Steele
Call Number: 540.092 CUR
Quantum leaps: 100 Scientists who changed the world by Jon Balchin
Call Number: 509.22 BAL
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 523.01 HAW
The Physics Book: from the Big Bang to quantum resurrection, 250 milestones in the history of physics by Clifford A. Pickover
Call Number: 530.09 PIC
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Selections from the Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 530.11 EIN
Publication Date: 2004-12-01
From Greek atoms to quarks : discovering atoms by Sally Morgan
Call Number: 539.7 MOR
From Newton's rainbow to frozen light : discovering light by John Farndon
Call Number: 535.09 FAR
From Ptolemy's spheres to dark energy : discovering the universe by John Farndon
Call Number: 520.9 FAR
From Steam engines to Nuclear fusion : discovering energy by Carol Ballard
Call Number: 621.042 BAL
From windmills to hydrogen fuel cells : discovering alternative energy by Sally Morgan
Call Number: 621.042 MOR
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Correct referencing is an essential skill in academic research. Use CiteWrite to find the correct way to reference your sources using APA 7th ed. Remember to use a variety of quality sources.
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. The archive is based at the Australian National University.
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Light must be either a particle or a wave, not have characteristics of both.