Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World by Abraham Pais HOT RODS and the psychology of belief

and the psychology of belief — a proto-rationalist treatise that influenced Shakespeare and was later banned by King James I for its skepticism

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it represents a compelling read of its time

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Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World by Abraham Pais HOT RODS and the psychology of beliefSecondhand paperback good condition. Published by Oxford University Press, 1986. A comprehensive history of physics covering matter and forces from the discovery of X rays in 1895 through 1983, chronicling how scientists explored the smallest distances in the physical world by a hundred millionfold. Written by theoretical physicist Abraham Pais, the work combines historical narrative with personal memoir of the author's involvement in major twentieth