The Quest for Unity
The Adventure of Physics
Seiten
1999
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512085-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512085-1 (ISBN)
The authors, a quantum physicist and an astrophysicist, present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the advances in physics. The book provides a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, explaining why beauty is a reliable guide in the search for Truth.
Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.
Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.
Etienne Klein and Marc Lachieze-Rey are both scientists with the Atomic Energy Commission in Sacey, France. Axel Reisinger is a scientist at Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Introduction ; The Greek Conceptions of Unity ; The Official Birth of Physics ; The History of Physics: A Series of Unifications ; Modern Unifications ; The Unity of Physics ; Dreams of Unity at the Close of the Twentieth Century ; Conclusion
Übersetzer | Axel Reisinger |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 431 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-512085-X / 019512085X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-512085-1 / 9780195120851 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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