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CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction viii A to Z Entries 1 Feature Essays: "Beauty: Only in the Eye of the Beholder?" 38a "Fundamentality: What Lies Beneath?" 244a "Physics in the Hierarchical Structure of Science" 288a "Laws: There Is Order in the World" 369a "Physics and Mathematics: A Remarkable Partnership" 424a "Physics and Metaphysics: Where Lies the Border between them?" 438a "Grist for the Mill: What Physics Studies" 508a "Achieving Understanding: How Physics Operates" 508f "Theories: Not Mere Speculations!" 643a "Unification: Finding Oneness in Diversity" 667a "The Universe" 667g Appendixes 706 Appendix I <br>Bibliographies And Web Resources 706 Appendix II <br>Nobel Laureates in Physics 710 Appendix III <br>The Periodic Table of Elements 738 Index 739
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Physics Encyclopedias