The poetry of physics and the physics of poetry

This is a textbook for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, that also takes into account the social impact and influences from the arts and society.

It combines physics, literature, history and philosophy from the dawn of human life to the 21st century.

It will also be of interest to the general reader.Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: To My Readers (42 KB)Contents: The Origins of PhysicsPhysics of the Ancient Greek EraPoetry Influenced by the Scientific RevolutionThe Concept of EnergyThermodynamics and the Atomic and Molecular Structure of MatterThe General Theory of RelativityThe Structure of the AtomWave MechanicsQuantum ElectrodynamicsElementary Particles, Quarks and Quantum ChromodynamicsCosmology and the Universe: The Big Bang, Dark Matter and Dark Energyand other papersReadership: High school students, undergraduates and general readers.