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From atoms to galaxies : a conceptual physics approach to scientific awareness
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From Atoms to Galaxies examines physical laws and their consequences from a conceptual perspective that requires no advanced mathematics. It explains quantum physics, relativity, nuclear and partic...
From Atoms to Galaxies examines physical laws and their consequences from a conceptual perspective that requires no advanced mathematics. It explains quantum physics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, gauge theory, quantum field theory, quarks and leptons, and cosmology. --from publisher description
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- Creator
- Sadri Hassani
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- English
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- Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xxx, 723 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 0429066856, 9781439882849, 9781439808498, 143980849X, 1439882843, 9780429066856
- OCLC
- ocn908079439, ocn502418648
- "The accompanying CD provides a great deal of algebraic details for the readers who have both the background and the desire to see them." --from preface
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [693]-696) and index.
- In the beginning. Science kindles ; A dark interlude ; Science rekindles ; From heaven to earth ; Epilogue: underdetermination? -- Newtonian Era. Kinematics: describing motion ; Dynamics: cause of motion ; Further topics on motion ; Gravitation ; Epilogue: determinism -- Waves and electromagnetism. Waves ; Electricity ; Magnetism and electricity ; Electromagnetic waves ; Epilogue: mind and matter -- Thermodynamics. Introduction to probability ; Statistical mechanics ; Temperature and heat ; Epilogue: whole and parts -- Twentieth century physics: quantum theory. Birth of quantum theory ; The atoms ; Quantum theory I ; Quantum theory II ; Epilogue: no "interpretation" -- Twentieth century physics: relativity theory. Birth of relativity ; Relativity of space and time ; Spacetime geometry ; E=mc² ; General theory of relativity ; Epilogue: no "marketplace" -- Twentieth century physics: microcosmology. On the experimental front ; On the theoretical front ; Classifying particles and forces ; The standard model ; New age "physics" ; Epilogue: the eye of physics -- Twentieth century physics: macrocosmology. Physics of the cosmos ; Early universe ; The lost epoch ; Epilogue: the closing dialogue -- Nature of science. Misconceptions about science ; Characteristics of science ; Science versus pseudoscience