books about: 1894-1912     books:       Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-19123 reviews Thomas S. Kuhn University Of Chicago Press, 1987 How the Quantum came to be Excellent book, as Kuhn's usually are, on the origin of quantum theory. "Everyone" knows Planck arrived at the quantum by studying black-body radiation, but what you are never told is *why* he was doing that! Kuhn reaches back as to why Planck was, and has an interesting story to tell for it (the question of thermodynamic irreversability vs reversability in classical mechanics). Another major ...             The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy5 reviews S. C. M. Paine Cambridge University Press, 2002 Japan on top now, but will China be next? Paine's book shows how Japan used Westernizing reforms and the emerging International System to defeat China and become the dominant Great Power in East Asia. Almost immediately, the perception of Japan as a poor and weak island nation changed. The European powers and the United States began to treat Japan as an equal. Within ten years, Japan went on to defeat Imperial Russia, the first time an ...             Le decadentisme grec dans les euvres en prose (1894-1912) (Etudes grecques) Renee-Paule Debaisieux L'Harmattan, 1995              search for books 1894, 1894-1895, 1894-1912, 1895, 1912, black, black-body, body, dans, decadentisme, discontinuity, etudes, euvres, grec, grecques, japanese, les, perceptions, power, primacy, prose, quantum, sino, sino-japanese, theory, war books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Chase leave a comment home  impressum - about us