The physical world : an inspirational tour of fundamental physics / Nicholas Manton, Professor at th...
The physical world : an inspirational tour of fundamental physics / Nicholas Manton, Professor at th...
The physical world : an inspirational tour of fundamental physics / Nicholas Manton, Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Nicholas Mee, Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Publisher
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2018/3740
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 556 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Fundamental ideas -- Motions of bodies : Newton's laws -- Fields : Maxwell's equations -- Special relativity -- Curved space -- General relativity -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum mechanics in three dimensions -- Atoms, molecules and solids -- Thermodynamics -- Nuclear physics -- Part...
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Publisher
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The book offers a grand vision of the essential unity of physics that will enable the reader to see the world through the eyes of a physicist and understand their thinking. The text follows Einstein's dictum that 'explanations should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler', to give an honest account of how modern physicists understand their...
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The physical world : an inspirational tour of fundamental physics / Nicholas Manton, Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Nicholas Mee, Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Notes
General note
"It is over half a century since The Feynman lectures on physics were published. A new authoritative account of fundamental physics covering all branches of the subject is now well overdue. The physical world has been written to satisfy this need."--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/3740
Record Identifier
74VKVAmo5xa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAmo5xa3
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ISBN
9780198795933
DDC
530
MMS ID
991024172816802626
