Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett...
Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett...
Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto.
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Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
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G 2021/0800
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: What is science all about? -- The Ultimate Question -- The Meaning of Understanding -- Truth and Beauty -- Gödel, Hawking and the Foundations of Physics -- Part II: Today's Frontiers -- The Incredible Quantum Mechanics -- Special Relativity -- General Relativity -- The Most Accurate Theory...
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Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Date Published
[2021]
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With the aid of entertaining short stories, anecdotes, lucid explanations and straight-forward figures, this book challenges the perception that the world of physics is inaccessible to the non-expert. Beginning with Neanderthal man, it traces the evolution of human reason and understanding from paradoxes and optical illusions to gravitational waves...
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Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/0800
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74VKaRm8gb7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRm8gb7O
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ISBN
9783030634087
DDC
530
MMS ID
991024390516002626
