Here are seven of the most important ideas in physics - ideas that shattered the assumptions of dogmatists, philosophers and scientists - explained simply and elegantly, without complex mathematics. The authors relate and assess the discoveries of Copernican astronomy, Newtonian mechanics, energy and entropy, relativity, quantum theory and conservation principles and symmetries.

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